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  • The Adventures of Sun Wukong (1959)
  • 98 min | Fantasy
The Adventures of Sun Wukong (1959)
98 min | Fantasy

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 ...See moreThe 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. Written by Guy Mariner Tucker See less
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Director
Writers
Takeo Murata | Cheng'en Wu (novel "Hsi-yu chi") (as Ch'eng-En Wu) | Kajirô Yamamoto
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Updated Apr 19, 1959

Release date
Apr 19, 1959 (Japan)

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36 cast members
Name Known for
Norihei Miki
Monkey Monkey   See fewer
Yasuko Nakada
Silver Horn Silver Horn   See fewer
Nobuo Chiba
Zhu Bajie Zhu Bajie   See fewer
Fumie Noguchi
Elder sister Elder sister   See fewer
Fukutarô Ichikawa
Tang Sanzang Tang Sanzang   See fewer
Michiyo Yokoyama
Messenger Suttonbe Messenger Suttonbe   See fewer
Zekô Nakamura
Sha Wujing Sha Wujing   See fewer
Yû Fujiki
Chikujin Swordsman Chikujin Swordsman   See fewer
Tôru Yuri
Golden Horn Golden Horn   See fewer
Toshiaki Minami
Copper Horn Copper Horn   See fewer
Arihiro Fujimura
Cooking Teacher Cooking Teacher   See fewer
Yoshio Kosugi
Demon King Demon King   See fewer
Atsuko Ichinomiya
Suiran's Mother Suiran's Mother   See fewer
Yaeko Izumo
Actress Actress   See fewer
Teruko Mita
Tang Sanzang's mother Tang Sanzang's mother   See fewer
Shirô Tsuchiya
Chamberlain Chamberlain   See fewer
Shôichi Hirose
Chief of Native People Chief of Native People   See fewer
Hideyo Amamoto
Chief Secretary Chief Secretary   See fewer
Heihachirô Ôkawa
Suiran's Father (as Henri Okawa) Suiran's Father (as Henri Okawa)   See fewer
Ryû Kuze
Actor Actor   See fewer
Kazuko Watanabe
Actress Actress   See fewer
Chieko Hara
Actress Actress   See fewer
Kazumi Wakabayashi
Copper Horn as little girl Copper Horn as little girl   See fewer
Yutaka Oka
Actor Actor   See fewer
Musei Tokugawa
Old Man with Picture Show Old Man with Picture Show   See fewer
Susumu Fujita
Wang Xiang Wang Xiang   See fewer
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