Monkey Sun (1959)

Original title

孫悟空

Directed by

Kajirō Yamamoto

Genre

fantasy film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 38m

Rating

10.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This Japanese fantasy film follows a mischievous monkey king with magical powers. He goes on a grand journey filled with battles and strange creatures. The story is based on a classic Chinese novel about a pilgrimage to the west.

whimsicaladventurousmythicplayfuldatedfast-pacedfantasticalenergetic

What happens

Monkey Sun (Japanese: 孫悟空, Hepburn: Son Gokū; lit. Sun Wukong) is a 1959 Japanese tokusatsu fantasy action film directed by Kajirō Yamamoto, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. The film was based on Journey to the West written by Wu Cheng'en and was the second adaptation of the novel by Yamamoto and Tsuburaya, after 1940's Enoken's Sun Wukong. It has never been released in the United States or dubbed and subtitled in English. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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