Havoc in Heaven (1961)

Original title

大闹天宫

Directed by

Wan Laiming, Tang Cheng

Genre

fantasy film, children's film

Country

People's Republic of China

Runtime

1h 27m

Rating

7.7 of 10 from 92 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The Monkey King causes chaos in Heaven after being appointed as a celestial official. This is an animated retelling of the early chapters of the classic Chinese novel Journey to the West.

energeticplayfulwhimsicalclassicstylizedanimatedlivelycolorfulrhythmic

What happens

Havoc in Heaven, also translated as Uproar in Heaven, is a 1961 Chinese donghua feature film directed by Wan Laiming and produced by all four of the Wan brothers. The film was created at the height of the Chinese animation industry in the 1960s, and received numerous awards, earning the brothers domestic and international recognition. The story is an adaptation of the earlier episodes of the 16th-century Chinese novel Journey to the West. The stylized animation and drums and percussion accompaniment used in this film are heavily influenced by Peking opera traditions. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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