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.

Director

Kajirō Yamamoto

Writers

Kajirō Yamamoto, Takeo Murata, Wu Cheng'en

Released

April 19, 1959

Language

Japanese