THE ADVENTURES OF SUN WU KUNG (1959)

Not Rated
The Adventures of Sun Wu Kung
Adventure, Fantasy
April 19, 1959
Japanese
1h 38m
Japan
TOHO
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.
Cast & Characters
Norihei Miki
Sun Wu Kung
Reiko Dan
Pon, messenger of the Goddess of Mercy
Yasuko Nakada
Queen of the spiders
Kaoru Yachigusa
Tsui Lan, the maiden in distress
Nobuo Chiba
Pa Chieh, the pig
Fukutarô Ichikawa
San Tsang, the holy man
Zeko Nakamura
Wu Ching, the water spirit
Yoshio Kosugi
King of Devils
Crew
Kajirō Yamamoto
Director
Wu Cheng'en
Novel
Kajirō Yamamoto
Screenplay
Takeo Murata
Screenplay
Ikuma Dan
Original Music Composer
Hajime Koizumi
Director of Photography
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Executive Producer
Jin Usami
Executive Producer