The Adventures of Sun Wu Kung

The Adventures of Sun Wu Kung

98 mins | Adventure, Fantasy | April 19, 1959

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.

The Adventures of Sun Wu Kung

98 mins | Adventure, Fantasy | April 19, 1959

The Adventures of Sun Wu Kung
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.
Producers Toho Company, Ltd.
Original title 孫悟空
Directors Susumu Kodama, Kajirō Yamamoto
Writers Kajirō Yamamoto, Wu Cheng'en, Takeo Murata

Cast

Norihei Miki

as Sun Wu Kung

Reiko Dan

as Pon, messenger of the Goddess of Mercy

Yasuko Nakata

as Queen of the spiders

Kaoru Yachigusa

as Tsui Lan, the maiden in distress

Nobuo Chiba

as Pa Chieh, the pig

Fukutarô Ichikawa

as San Tsang, the holy man

Zeko Nakamura

as Wu Ching, the water spirit

Yoshio Kosugi

as King of Devils