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The Ape Girl (1979)

Directed by Chen Chi-Hwa

Action

Overview

The story of Ming Ling Shur, a girl who was raised by apes and thus has a natural ability with monkey kung fu. She also resembles a monkey for most of the film (not really explained why). She grows up and falls for a prince who is really an evil kung fu master, who exploits her abilities for his own gain. Now here’s why the film works; Kam Fung does an excellent job as the Ape Girl, being very eccentric at times with the actions of a monkey. Also, we see early performances by Lo Lieh as an assassin, and Chen Sing as the prince.

Length 88 minutes

Actors

Sing Chen | Lo Lieh | Miao Tian | Gam Fung-Ling | Lee Man-Tai | Shao Lo-Hui | Ngai Chi-Wong | Chan Sam-Lam | Wong Cheong-Chi | Gam Ban | Liu Shan | Yuen Si-Wo | Au Lap-Bo | Ho Kang | Danny Chow | Yu Bong | Gam Boh

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Date ViewedDeviceFormatSourceRating
08/21/2021ComputerStreamingVideo on Demand5 stars
 

Viewing Notes

From the director of SNAKE AND CRANE ARTS OF SHAOLIN. I watched what was available on Youtube which is a 16x9 pan and scan from VHS, dubbed. Pretty dodgy quality at times but I doubt the various DVD versions are any better.

This is one of only two movies that Gam Fung-Ling (Chin Fung-Ling) appears in, but she does a capable job in the title role. This is pretty goofy at times, especially at the beginning. The final battle is pretty great though. I’d love to see a good quality print of this in its original language.

Weird to see Lo Lieh show up in a small role as an assassin.

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