The Monkey Goes West (1966)
1h 52m
Running Time
January 18, 1966Release Date
The Monkey Goes West (1966)
1h 52m
Running Time
January 18, 1966Release Date
Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.
Ho Fan
Monk Tang Tseng
Fan Ho
Monk Tang Tseng
Elliot Ngok
Monkey King
Fan Mei-Sheng
3rd Prince of West Dragon King
Kao Pao-shu
Actress
Lan Wei-Lieh
King of Black Wind
Tina Chin Fei
Green Snake Demon's Daughter
Lee Ying
Master Gao
Pang Pang
Pigsy
Diana Chang Chung-Wen
Miss Gao
Tien Shun
Sandy
Hsin Yen Chao
Goddess of Mercy
Mao Wei
Misss Gao's lover
Cheng Pei-pei
Spirit-Sister Skeleton
Mars
Sand Demon
Meng Hua Ho
Director
Cheng Kang
Writer
Run Run Shaw
Producer
Wang Fu-Ling
Composer
Lam Kwok-Cheung
Cinematographer
Chiang Hsing-Lung
Editor
Wu Cheng'en
Novel
Ho Meng-Hua
Director
Fong Yuen
Makeup Artist
Media.
Details.
Release DateJanuary 18, 1966
Original Name西遊記
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 52m
Genres
Wiki.
The Monkey Goes West is a 1966 Hong Kong film. It is a classic. The novel The Peregrination to the West was adapted into a series of three episodes. It was presented as a Korean-Hong Kong co-production in order to satisfy the legal quota in the occupied part of the peninsula.
Journey to the West Collection (Shaw Brothers).
Other parts of the collection