The Monkey Goes West (1966)
西遊記
THE MONKEY GOES WEST is the first entry in the studio’s epic, four-part screen adaptation of “Journey to the West,” a 16th-century novel recounting the efforts of a Buddhist monk and his magical companions to travel to India and bring back Buddhist sutras.
- Date of release
- 1966-01-18
- TMDB
- 8.0 / 10 (2)
- Runtime
- 1h 52m
- Genres
- Fantasy, Action, Adventure
- Director
- Ho Meng-Hua
- Collection
- Journey to the West Collection (Shaw Brothers)
Casting
- Elliot Ngok Wah — Monkey King Su Wu Kong
- Ho Fan — Monk Tang Xuan Zang
- Tien Shun — Sandy Friar / Juan Lian Marshal
- Pang Pang — The Pig
- Fan Mei-Sheng — 3rd Prince of West Dragon King
- Kao Pao-Shu — Green Snake Demon
- Lan Wei-Lieh — King of Black Wind
- Lee Ying — Master Gao
- Diana Chang Chung-Wen — Miss Gao
- Mao Wei — Misss Gao's lover
- Tina Chin Fei — Green Snake Demon's daughter
- Mars — Sand Demon
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