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The Monkey Goes West

Starring: Elliot Ngok Wah, Ho Fan, Tien Shun, Pang Pang, Fan Mei-Sheng

Writer: Cheng Kang, Wu Cheng'en

Release Date:
January 18, 1966
Ratings:
6.0 / 10
Director:
Ho Meng-Hua
Companies:
Shaw Brothers

Overview

THE MONKEY GOES WEST is the first entry in the studio’s epic, four-part screen adaptation of “Journey to the West,” a 16th-century novel recounting the efforts of a Buddhist monk and his magical companions to travel to India and bring back Buddhist sutras.