Monkey (1978)

Original title

西遊記

Genre

fantasy television program, drama television series

Country

Japan

Length

2 seasons, 52 episodes

Rated

TV-PG

Rating

8.1 of 10 from 17 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A magical monkey travels from China to India with a team of protectors. They face monsters and trials along the way to bring sacred scriptures back home.

whimsicalmythicaladventurousfunaction-packedlightheartedfantasticalnostalgic

What happens

Saiyūki (西遊記; lit. 'Account of the Journey to the West'), (titled Monkey in English, but often referred to as Monkey Magic due to the lyrics of its title music), is a Japanese television drama based on the 16th-century Chinese novel Journey to the West by Wu Cheng'en. Filmed in Northwest China and Inner Mongolia, the show was produced by Nippon Television and International Television Films and was broadcast from 1978 to 1980 on NTV and its affiliates. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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