Adventure ·Fantasy · Japan · 1959 · 1h 38m

The Adventures of Sun Wu Kung

孫悟空

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Director
Kajirō Yamamoto
Cast
Norihei Miki as Sun Wu Kung Reiko Dan as Pon, messenger of the Goddess of Mercy Yasuko Nakada as Queen of the spiders Kaoru Yachigusa as Tsui Lan, the maiden in distress Nobuo Chiba as Pa Chieh, the pig Fumie Noguchi as
Crew
Hajime Koizumi — Director of Photography Yoshitami Kuroiwa — Editor Ikuma Dan — Original Music Composer Kajirō Yamamoto — Screenplay Takeo Murata — Screenplay Wu Cheng'en — Novel
Synopsis

The mythical adventures of the legendary Chinese trickster Monkey, who must outwit a variety of wily demons who stand in the way of him and his fellow Buddhist travelers. Though portrayed as a literal, if rather anthropomorphized, monkey in the original legends, this film substitutes the spindly comic actor Norihei Miki, sans makeup.

Mood & Themes
tokusatsu
Key Collaborators
Kajirō Yamamoto Director Hajime Koizumi Director of Photography Yoshitami Kuroiwa Editor Ikuma Dan Original Music Composer Kajirō Yamamoto Screenplay Takeo Murata Screenplay Wu Cheng'en Novel
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