Wolf Girl [Lang Nu] (1974) Mega-Rare, Lost Horror Film!
3500DVD
Original
Title: LANG NU [Wolf Girl] also known as WILD
FEMALE WOLF
director: Chen Tung Man and Kuang Hui (Chin Weng)
starring: Ai Lan Yeh · Sombat Metanee · Chin Weng ·
Sung Pa · Huoy Dyng · Lo Han · Wu Yung Ping ·
Su Szu
The rather
complicated, melodramatic plot deals with a man named Lord Hang Pao who
wants to take revenge against a group of counter revolutionaries after
they slaughtered his village. Pao visits a wizard for supernatural vengeance
ideas and is told to create a “ghost child” which will
inflict pain on his enemies. But, first, he must sacrifice the life of
his own baby in the mother's womb. His wife Aranya doesn't like the idea
and she leaves Lord Pao to take refuge in the woods with an old woman.
There, she gives birth to twin girls. Inexplicably, Aranya then takes
one of the babies into the forest, accidentally falls off a cliff and
dies. But the baby is rescued by wolves and grows into their vicious leader.
Today, according
to the Hong Kong Movie Database, this Thai/Taiwan/HK co-production is
considered a lost film. And as such, little is known about it. The music
was lifted from numerous other International productions but is mostly
borrowed from Krzysztof Komeda's 1968 score to Rosemary's Baby
[Mia Farrow's lullaby is used for the opening credits sequence]. Two different
directors claim responsibility for the movie. The first is Chen Tung Man,
a scriptwriter who also helmed a handful of motion pictures in Thailand
and Japan but never as a solo director. This time he's teamed with actor
Kuang Hui (the star of this film under the name Chin Weng). Lead male
actor is Zombat
Metanee, a well-known Thai actor recognized by the Guinness Book of
World Records for most lifetime film appearances (800+); on the other
hand, this seems to be the only role for co-star Ai Lan Yeh.
A Thai/Taiwan
co-production in English language; fullscreen format (4:3), uncut (95
minutes), DVD encoded for ALL REGION NTSC WORLD FORMAT; extras include
selected theatrical trailers.
Adult
Material/Violence/Rape/Nudity/Sexual
Brutality/
Recommended For Adult Audiences