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The Peking Man (1997)
Directed by Junya Satō
Science Fiction · 1h 55m
In 1929 the fossil of a 500,000 year old man is discovered in China. In 1941 the Japanese army confiscates this find, but during the war the remains disappear. Based on these factual events, this movie takes off with a science fiction story involving a space rocket which places a satellite in orbit containing a secret cargo. The satellite crashes on a remote island and footprints are found in the sand leading away from the crash site. A story of how an ancient primitive cave-dwelling family contends with the scientists who want to study them.
Cast
Naoto Ogata
Show Aikawa
Hatsunori Hasegawa
Hirotaro Honda
Reiko Kataoka
Miyuki Komatsu
Makoto Ôtake
Shinobu Sakagami
Crew
- Director
- Junya Satō
- Writer
- Akira Hayasaka
- Director of Photography
- Takeshi Hamada
- Original Music Composer
- Toru Hasebe
- Editor
- Shin'ya Tadano
- Producer
- Tan Takaiwa, Riuko Tominaga
Details
- Original title
- 北京原人
- Release date
- 1997-12-20
- Runtime
- 1h 55m
- Genres
- Science Fiction
- Original language
- JA
- Spoken languages
- Russian, Japanese, Mandarin, English
- Countries
- Japan
- Production
- TOEI CHANNEL