This year, Japan remade the Three Kingdoms, intending to re-present Chinese history in the form of comedy. "Journey to the West", which is also one of the four famous works in China, is also an enduring super IP, and there are film and television dramas with the theme of Journey to the West broadcast almost every year in China.
Whether it is the classic 86-year version of "Journey to the West", or Xingye's "Journey to the West" series, as well as the rise of national comics in recent years, "The Return of the Great Sage", it is the continuous evolution and circulation of the spirit of Journey to the West, even if it is remade hundreds of times, the story of Journey to the West can tell new tricks.
In fact, not only Chinese, the Japanese people also have great respect for "Journey to the West", in many film and television dramas and anime have the shadow of "Journey to the West", even the Japanese national treasure painter Katsushika Hokusai, also once painted "Ukiyo-e Journey to the West", which shows the influence of the Journey to the West story on Japan.
Moreover, the world's first "Journey to the West" TV series was also from Japan, which was filmed in 1978, when China and Japan concluded a treaty of peace and friendship, and this is also the earliest mythological TV series, which was produced by Japan International Screening, which was well received in Japan, Britain and other countries at that time.
Among them, Sun Wukong is played by the famous host Masaaki Sakai; Tang Monk is played by Masako Natsume (who died of leukemia at the age of 27); Inohachi is a familiar Nishida Toshiyuki, who has also starred in "Relief Grocery Store" in recent years; and Sand Monk is played by Kishibe Shiro, who always plays the villain in Japanese dramas.
This version of "Journey to the West" in 1978 is said to have also been broadcast on CCTV, but because the plot was too detached from the original work, it was banned for three episodes.
But it is also this Japanese version of "Journey to the West" that inspired our country to shoot the 86 version of "Journey to the West" and create our own classics.
But in fact, japan's version of "Journey to the West" was also filmed with sincerity, and found a special effects company Round Valley Co., Ltd., which was considered to be the most advanced special effects production in addition to the United States at that time, and also deliberately went to China to shoot.
Unfortunately, the world view of the original "Journey to the West" itself is very grand, and it is still too difficult for foreigners to shoot, so there is a big deviation between the character and the plot.
For example, the biggest groove in the play is that Tang Monk is played by actress Natsume Masako, and Tang Monk's kiss can also heal the apprentice's wounds...
However, many people have a misunderstanding about this, the Tang monk setting in the play is still male, just find an actress to play a male role.
In addition, the fighting power of Sun Wukong in the play is not strong, and there is no prestige of the original work at all; the Eight Precepts of the Pig have become the most handsome of all people; the sand monk has become a kappa; the Golden Horn King and the Silver Horn King are husband and wife; Chang'e has become the lover of the Jade Emperor; Rulai is a woman, Guanyin is a man, and so on...
After talking about "Journey to the West" in 78 years, in fact, Japan later filmed 3 versions of Journey to the West, which were broadcast and released in 1993, 1994 and 2006, respectively, including many familiar stars, and their unified place is that Tang Monks are all played by actresses and are very beautiful.
In the 1993 version of Japan's "Journey to the West", Tang Monk was played by the legendary Japanese actress Riki Miyazawa, who was known as the "goddess of beauty for half a century", and the beauty was indeed a beauty, even if the monk was very good-looking.
Sun Wukong is played by Masahiro Motoki, the actor of the classic movie "The Mortician", which also won the Best Foreign Language Film Award at the 81st Academy Awards.
In addition, this version of Guanyin is played by the familiar Yakusa Chikao Grandma, who feels more like the Queen Mother Niangniang...
This 1993 "Journey to the West" was filmed by Japanese television to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the launch, only 140 minutes, but it received a high rating of 26.9%, it seems that the popularity of Journey to the West is really high.
However, this version of the plot is even more outrageous than 78 years, Sun Wukong has an emotional line in the play, he has a first love, and he looks exactly like Tang Monk, which is the rhythm of master-apprentice love...
(High energy below) And this version of the Eight Precepts of the Pig and the Sand Monk's painting style is really too scary, when they turn into a demon body is particularly scary (the Sand Monk is still a kappa), can only say that this special effect makeup is too distracting...
Because of the high ratings in 1993, Japan immediately followed the 1994 version of "Journey to the West", but this version is not well known, so I simply brought it over.
It is worth mentioning that this version of Sun Wukong is played by Karasawa Shouming, who starred in "The White Tower", and was still a small fresh meat at that time.
In addition, this version of the Tang monk is played by Maki set, which can be said to be very beautiful and has a super high appearance.
The 2006 version of Japan's "Journey to the West" was written by Yuji Sakamoto, the screenwriter of "Tokyo Love Story", and launched by Fuji TV, and the crew not only filmed in China and Mongolia, but even went to Australia to shoot, including many friendly cameos of heavyweight stars.
The drama's Son Goku is played by Shingo Katori in the Japanese group SMAP, and the Tang monk is the immortal goddess Fukatsu Eiri.
The sand monk is played by Mitsuyoshi Uchimura, who has been hosting the Japanese Red and White Song Festival for many years, and the Eight Precepts of the Pig is played by Junshi Ito, and he has no pig appearance at all.
Takuya Kimura also made a cameo appearance as a phantom wing king in it, and as soon as he appeared, he fell off the feathers hahaha~
It is worthy of the "Journey to the West" of the 21st century, the painting style is obviously more wild than the previous ones, the actors' expressions and actions are very exaggerated, the costumes are extremely eye-catching, the plot is spoof, not completely in accordance with the original book to shoot, so it was also spit by Chinese and Japanese netizens.
For example, Sun Wukong's tendon douyun became a big skateboard; the Eight Precepts of the Pig completely lost the appearance of a pig, and his figure was still very thin; Tang Monk became very crying, and he and Sun Wukong talked about love...
Chinese don't understand, but for the Japanese can be regarded as a comedy or a spoof, so the highest rating of "Journey to the West" reached 29.2%, becoming one of the most popular TV series in Japan in 2006.
But to say spoof, the previous ones are nothing. A comedy film released in Japan in 2016, "Jane Travels", is really a spoof of Journey to the West, borrowing the core of the story and character setting of "Journey to the West", starring "L" Matsuyama Kenichi in "Death Note".
He sacrificed a lot in the film, not only wearing leopard print underwear, but even full nude shots...
And the Tang monk in the film can still open the eyes of the heavens hahaha, is this a combination with the Erlang God?
There are also many shadows of "Journey to the West" in Japanese anime, among which Japanese anime master Osamu Tezuka is the biggest fan of "Journey to the West".
He supervised the production of Goku Adventure and the manga My Monkey King, which was eventually adapted into an anime and became master Tezuka's legacy.
Cartoon "My Monkey King"
In addition, our childhood classic anime "Dragon Ball" and "The Most Traveled" also have the shadow of "Journey to the West", and the character settings are referenced.
There are also anime works such as "Doraemon: Nobita's Parallel Journey to the West" and "Funny Manga Nichiwa", which can see the spread and influence of The Journey to the West culture in Japan. Although there are many plots that are different from the original, they still can't resist their love for "Journey to the West".
So, there are so many works related to "Journey to the West" in China and Japan, which one is your favorite?
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