A Chinese Odyssey Part One: Pandora's Box

A Chinese Odyssey Part One: Pandora's Box

1995 · 88 min · ★ 7.5 · Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Comedy, Romance, Drama

When the Goddess of Happiness tosses the Longevity Monk and his disciples out of heaven (because the Monkey King tried to attain immortality), the Monkey King is reincarnated as the Joker. He now spends his time chasing two jealous women. When one of them is dying, the Joker goes back in time in an attempt to save her.

Directed by Jeffrey Lau Chun-Wai · Written by Jeffrey Lau Chun-Wai

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Stephen Chow Joker / Monkey King
Richard Ng Man-Tat Piggy
Law Kar-Ying Longevity Monk
Yammie Lam Kit-Ying Spider Demon
Karen Mok Man-Wai White-Bone Demon / Pak Jing Jing
Johnnie Kong Sandy / Blindy
Lu Shuming King Bull
Jeffrey Lau Chun-Wai Grape Buddha
Athena Chu Yan Lin Zixia
Lee Kin-Yan
Li Baolong
Ada Choi Siu-Fan Princess Iron Fan

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