The Peking Man
北京原人
Release: 1997-12-20
·Runtime: 115m
·★ 3.0
Science Fiction
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.
Production Countries
Japan
Cast
Gajirō Satō
as Dr. Todoroki
Hirotaro Honda
as Takashi
Reiko Kataoka
as Momoko Takei
Miyuki Komatsu
Dan Li
Joey Wong
as Zhong Meimei
Kinya Kitaoji
as Kin'ya Kitaôji
Show Aikawa
as Captain Shimura
Tetsuro Tamba
as Osone
Naoto Ogata
as Taksuhiko Sakura
Hatsunori Hasegawa
as Kuwasawa
Shinobu Sakagami
as Nagasaki
