The Adventures of Sun Wu Kung
1959 · 98 min · ★ 10.0 · Adventure, 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 in the original legends, this film substitutes the spindly comic actor Norihei Miki, sans makeup.
Directed by Kajirō Yamamoto · Written by Kajirō Yamamoto
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Norihei Miki Sun Wu Kung -
Reiko Dan Pon, messenger of the Goddess of Mercy -
Yasuko Nakada Queen of the spiders -
Kaoru Yachigusa Tsui Lan, the maiden in distress -
Nobuo Chiba Pa Chieh, the pig - F Fumie Noguchi
- F Fukutarô Ichikawa San Tsang, the holy man
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Michino Yokoyama -
Zeko Nakamura Wu Ching, the water spirit -
Yū Fujiki -
Tōru Yuri -
Toshiaki Minami
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