Hello, Kaiju Lovers! The most cited man on MIFV, John LeMay, returns for his all-but-mandatory-at-least-once-a-season appearance to discuss the second Shaw Bros. film we’ve covered this season: Mighty Peking Man. This infamous cult classic was a favorite of director Quinton Tarantino, and it’s easy to see why: it’s sleazy yet weirdly artsy. It feels like an exploitation film at points—especially with the gorgeous Evalyn Kraft running around in nothing but a goatskin bikini—but the special effects are remarkably well-executed thanks to Keizo Murase. Since it’s John’s favorite “Kongsploitation” movie, that is the first of two Toku Topics this episode, with the other being the Peking Man fossil, which partly inspired this flick.
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Timestamps:
- Introduction: 0:00-8:08
- Entertaining Info Dump: 8:08-15:49
- Toku Talk: 15:49-1:15:58
- Podcast Ad (Bots, Bugs, and Babes): 1:15:58-1:17:03
- Toku Topic (“Kongsploitation” and the Peking Man fossil): 1:17:03-1:50:06
- Outro: 1:50:06-1:57:57
- Credits: 1:57:57-end
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Bibliography/Further Reading:
- Abrams, Simon. “Mighty Peking Man.” Shawscope Vol.1 Booklet, pg. 24-25. Arrow Video.
- Ebert, Roger. “Mighty Peking Man.” 30 April 1999. https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/mighty-peking-man-1999.
- “Goliathon.” IMDb. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076164/.
- LeMay, John. The Big Book of Japanese Giant Monster Movies Volume 1: 1954-1982.
- LeMay, John. Kong Unmade: The Lost Films of Skull Island (2nd Editions). Bicep Books.
- “Mighty Peking Man, The.” Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mighty_Peking_Man.
- “Mighty Peking Man (1977), The.” Wikizilla. https://wikizilla.org/wiki/The_Mighty_Peking_Man.
- Morton, Ray. King Kong: The History of a Movie Icon, from Fay Wray to Peter Jackson. Applause Theater & Cinema Books.
- “Peking Man.” Facts and Details. https://factsanddetails.com/china/cat2/sub1/entry-5362.html.
- “Peking Man.” New World Encyclopedia.
- “Peking Man.” World Archeology (issue 48). 3 July 2011. https://www.world-archaeology.com/great-discoveries/great-discoveries-peking-man/.
- Roebuck, Andrew. “The Weird World of Kongsploitation: From 1933 to 2020.” Scriptophobic. 11 Feb. 2020. https://scriptophobic.ca/2020/02/11/the-weird-world-of-kongsploitation-from-1933-to-2020/.
- Scott, Matthew. “The Mighty Peking Man.” Kaiju Ramen Magazine, no. 3, Aug. 2021.
- Shawscope Volume One Disc Four Special Features:
- Commentary by Travis Crawford.
- Interview with Ho-Meng-hua
- Interview with Keiza Murase
- Interview with Ku Feng
- Sloss, Steven. “The Mighty B-Kong Men: An Introduction to Kongsploitation.” The Arrow Video Blog. “2 years ago.” https://www.arrowfilms.com/blog/features/the-mighty-b-kong-men-an-introduction-to-kongsploitation/.
- Venoms5. “Celluloid Trails: The Amazing Colossal Making of The Mighty Peking Man.” Coolass Cinema. 30 Jan. 2022. http://www.coolasscinema.com/2022/01/celluloid-trails-amazing-colossal.html.
- Wayman, Erin. “Mystery of the Lost Peking Man Fossils Solved?” Smithsonian Magazine. 28 March 2012. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/mystery-of-the-lost-peking-man-fossils-solved-166415409/.
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