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"Saiyûki" (1978) More at IMDbPro »TV series 1978-1980

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Overview

User Rating:
8.7/10   381 votes
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Writers:
Motomu Furuta (screenplay)
Hiroichi Fuse (screenplay)
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Contact:
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Seasons:
1 | 2 | unknown full episode list
Release Date:
1 October 1978 (Japan) more
Genre:
Action | Family | Adventure | Comedy | Fantasy more
Plot:
Monkey is the story by Wu Ch'êng-ên based on the ancient Chinese legend tracing the origins of Buddhism... more
Plot Keywords:
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User Reviews:
Pigsey? more (17 total)

Cast

 (Series Cast Summary - 5 of 14)
Peter Woodthorpe ... Pigsy (14 episodes, 1978-1979)
Masaaki Sakai ... Sun Wu-Kong (Monkey) (13 episodes, 1978)
Toshiyuki Nishida ... Zhu Ba-Jie (Pigsy season 1) (13 episodes, 1978)
Shirô Kishibe ... Sha Wu-Jing (Sandy) (13 episodes, 1978)
Masako Natsume ... Xuanzang Sanzang (Tripitaka) (13 episodes, 1978)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Monkey (International: English title) (dubbed version)
Monkey Magic (Australia) (informal English title)
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Country:
Japan
Language:
Japanese
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
UK:PG | Australia:M (some episodes) | Australia:PG (some episodes) | Australia:MA (some episodes)
Filming Locations:
China more
Company:
Kokusai Hoei more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Made with an ensemble cast and on low budget. Sets are clearly recycled from episode to episode, and the supporting cast can be the King one episode, a demon the next, and a gambler in the one after that. more
Quotes:
Monkey: [after finding out that Buddha was female] I always thought Buddha was a fella! more
Movie Connections:
Featured in The Forbidden Kingdom (2008) more

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User Reviews

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11 out of 13 people found the following review useful.
Pigsey?, 22 September 2003
Author: Sam (samcavana@hotmail.com) from Finchley

How can this be faulted. The great dubbing!! the fight scenes!! the monkey magic!!

I am not joking, this is just full of magic, the charicters, Pigsey, Monster, Monkey. And the indeterminable sex of the master.

And the excellent storylines, you almost felt you had become buddist after watching an episode.

9/10

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Officially 'Monkey' or 'Monkey Magic' in Australia? psycho_fez_Freak
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