Xing xing wang (1977)

Director:

Meng Hua Ho

Writer:

Kuang Ni (writer)

Release Date:

March 1980 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Horror | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

Action...Excitement...Spectacle beyond your wildest dreams!

Plot:

Word of a monster ape ten stories tall living in the Himalayas reaches fortune hunters in Hong Kong...

Plot Keywords:

Hong Kong | Monster | Quicksand | Ape | Plane Crash

Cast

Evelyne Kraft	...	Ah Wei
Danny Lee	...	Johnnie Fang (as Li Hsiu-Hsien)
Feng Ku	...	Lu Tiem
Wei Tu Lin	...	Chen Shi-yu
Norman Chu	...	Ah Lung (as Shao-Chiang Hsu)
Hang-Sheng Wu	...	Ah Pi
Theodore Thomas		(as Ted Thomas)
Steve Nicholson
Yao Hsiao	...	Huang Tsui-hua
Ping Chen	...	Lucy

Also Known As:

The Mighty Peking Man (Hong Kong: English title) (International: English title) (USA) (DVD title)
Colossus of Congo (Europe: English title)
Goliathon (USA)
Mighty Peking Man (USA) (reissue title)
Sing sing wong (Hong Kong: Cantonese title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for violence and sensuality.

Runtime:

Japan:87 min | USA:90 min | Hong Kong:86 min

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Mandarin

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Finland:K-11 (2006) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG (Ontario) | Hong Kong:I | USA:PG-13 (re-rating) (2000) | USA:PG (original rating) (1980) | Australia:M

Filming Locations:

Mysore, Karnataka, India

Company:

Shaw Brothers

Trivia:

There were rumors that Teruyoshi Nakano started work on the special effects for this film, but his contract ran out, so Sadamasa Arikawa took over.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Be Kind Rewind (2008)

Sexy Blonde and Giant Apeman

Mighty Peking man(aka:Goliathon)is a clever film from hong Kong and India about a search for the missing link,called the mighty Peking man, which looks like a 60 ft tall yeti.an adventurer;johnny(Danny lee)finds it along with a sexy blonde bikinied jungle woman(evelyne kraft)who was raised by the giant Peking man.this movie is a personal favorite of Quentin Tarantino and i kind of enjoy it,even if it does have some flaws.its a beauty and beast tale.in the USA it was released as goliathon in 1979.i remember seeing the trailers at the plaza theater in Paterson new jersey.where i saw endless Godzilla,kung fu and b movies.evelyne kraft was stunning,sexy and wild.a must see.5 out of 10.