Wu Cheng'en's "Journey to the West" is said to be the IP in Chinese history that has been adapted into the most film and television works, the highest box office, and the most economic input-output ratio, and I believe that no one will oppose it. In the face of "Journey to the West", I am afraid that even Tolkien's "Lord of the Rings" trilogy will be out of reach. A "Journey to the West", like an inexhaustible well, attracts more and more filmmakers to dig for water and gold.
Some people have done statistics, from 1926's "Sun Xinger vs Golden Leopard" to the present, at least more than 80 movies related to "Journey to the West" have been filmed around the world.
Film & TV:
Pansi Cave (1927 film), produced by Shanghai Film and Drama Company, premiered in Norway in 1929 under the name Spider Essence, was once lost, and was discovered by the Norwegian National Library in 2013 in the film collection of the town of Mo in the city of Rana, Norland, northern Norway.
Journey to the West (1966 film), Princess Tiefan (1966 film), PansiDong (Shaw film), Daughter Country (film) (Hong Kong Shaw film, 1966-1968, Yue Hua (first two films), Zhou Longzhang (last two) as Sun Wukong, He Fan as Tang Monk, Peng Peng as Pig Eight Precepts, Tian Chen as Sha Monk)
"New Monkey King 72 Changes" (Produced in Taiwan, 1976, the plot ends with Sun Wukong being crushed by five finger mountains)
"New Journey to the West" (Taiwan version, 1982, due to the limitation of the length of the film, the script takes the essence of the performance, the first section is HuaguoShan until the formation of the sutra team, the middle section is the golden horn, the silver horn, the back section is the iron fan princess and the bull demon king, after the flame mountain is extinguished, it will see the final place of the sutra, so as to end. Among them, Taiwan's well-known comedians: Xu Bu can't make a cameo performance)
Journey to the West (Hong Kong, 1991) Journey to the West (Hong Kong, 1994, 1995) Stephen Chow
The Monkey King (2001/USA, formerly the Monkey King, film directed by Peter MacDonald, commonly known as the American version of Journey to the West)
"The Great Sage of Love", "The King of Kung Fu", "Li Shimin You Di Fu" (Taiwan version, 1978, starring Shen Xuezhen, Yang Qun, Yue Yang, Qin Meng, )
Journey to the West: The Haunting of the Heavenly Palace (Hong Kong, 2014, starring Chow Yun Fat and Donnie Yen). ）
Journey to the West: Descending Demons (2013 film, produced, supervised, written and directed by Stephen Chow, starring Shu Qi)
Journey to the West: Sun Wukong Three Dozen White Bone Essences (Hong Kong, 2016, starring Aaron Kwok, Feng Shaofeng and Gong Li)
Dare to Ask Where the Road Is (China/USA, 2017, starring Six Little Children, Andy Ma, Chi Chongrui and Liu Dagang)
The Legend of Wukong
TV series: China
Journey to the West (1986, directed by Yang Jie, starring Six Little Children, Chi Chongrui, Ma Dehua, Yan Huaili, etc.)
Journey to the West (1996, Zhang Weijian as Sun Wukong)
Journey to the West (1998, Chen Haomin as Sun Wukong, sequel to the former)
Journey to the West Sequel (2000, 86 edition of Journey to the West) is an addendum to several unmade stories. The original cast)
Journey to the West (2000, Cao Rong as Sun Wukong)
"Qi Tian Dasheng Sun Wukong" (Hong Kong-Taiwan cooperation, 2002, played by Zhang Weijian as Sun Wukong, a total of 40 episodes)
Journey to the West (2010, commonly known as the Zhejiang version of Journey to the West, directed by Cheng Lidong, starring Fei Zhenxiang and Chen Sihan)
Wu Cheng'en and journey to the West (2010, directed by Kan Weiping, written by Wang Shuqiang and Ding Aimin, and starring Six Little Children, Chi Chongrui, Ma Andyhua and Liu Dagang, a mythological 3D stereoscopic TV series)
Journey to the West (2012, commonly known as Zhang's version of Journey to the West, produced by Zhang Jizhong, directed by Zhang Jianye, starring Wu Fan, Nie Yuan, Zang Jinsheng, Xu Jinjiang, etc.)
Japan
Journey to the West (1993 TV series), 1993 Japanese television broadcast 40th anniversary commemorative TV series, starring Masahiro Motogi and Riki Miyazawa.
New Journey to the West was remade and broadcast by Japanese television in 1994, and Sun Wukong was played by Karasawa Shouming, including the King of the Golden and Silver Horns, the true and false Wukong, etc., setting Devadatta as the main opponent of the Tang monks and apprentices. A lot of CG special effects were added to the show and used as a selling point.
Journey to the West was remade and broadcast by Fuji TV in 2006, played by Shingo Katori, and a film version of the sequel has been released.
Anime manga:
Comic Strip Journey to the West Great Saint King Supreme Western Heaven Most Travelogue Series My Monkey Goku Series (Osamu Tezuka) dear monkey (Shirai Sanjiro) Monkey King 59
Animated Films"
Journey to the West: The Return of the Great Sage
TV animation
Journey to the West CCTV-led animation film, a total of 52 episodes.
A pig eight commandments fell from the sky CCTV-led animation, a total of 52 episodes.
Monkey King CCTV-led cartoon with 52 episodes
Journey to the West The cartoon produced by Dongsen Young Stage, a total of 10 episodes
Fortune Star Anime Animation, a total of 4 seasons.
Movie animation
Princess Iron Fan (1941)
Pig Eight Commandments Eat Watermelon (Shanghai Fine Arts Film Studio, 1958)
Flame Mountain (Shanghai Fine Arts Film Studio, 1958)
Haunting Tiangong (Shanghai Fine Arts Film Studio, 1964)
Sun Wukong Encounters Little Tintin (Shanghai Fine Arts Film Studio, 1980)
Ginseng Fruit (Shanghai Fine Arts Film Studio, 1981)
Little Eight Precepts (Shanghai Fine Arts Film Studio, 1983)
Golden Monkey Descending Demon (Shanghai Fine Arts Film Studio, 1985)
SF Journey to the West (Taiwanese translation: Adventure Five Jie), made in Japan in 1978, adapted into a science fiction version, the related pictures can be seen here, the picture is the shape of the Tianhu (Sun Wukong).
Nobita's Parallel Journey to the West, produced in Japan in 1988
Red Child Decisive Battle Flame Mountain Made in Taiwan, the viewpoint is centered on Red Child.
TV bag play
1971 Journey to the West (Huang Junxiong, Taiwan Television)
1983 "Qi Tian Dasheng Sun Wukong" (Huang Junxiong, Taiwan Television)
Of course, for us, the favorite may be the 86 version of Journey to the West, it has always been said that the 86 version of "Journey to the West" was the original class of people and horses, during which the six-year-old teacher continued to play the role of Sun Wukong, teacher Ma Dehua continued to play the Eight Precepts of the Pig, and teacher Liu Dagang will also play the sand monk, and Chi Chongrui will play the Tang monk! In addition, there are some popular small fresh meat to join, such as Wu Yifan, recently said that the box office expectations are also very optimistic, and even shouted out the slogan of "three billion box office"
Would you go to see the movie if it came out? What are your favorite works related to Journey to the West?