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The Adventures of Sun Wu Kung (1959)

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.

Release: 1959-04-19
Runtime: 98 min
Cast
Norihei Miki
Norihei Miki
Sun Wu Kung
Reiko Dan
Reiko Dan
Pon, messenger of the Goddess of Mercy
Yasuko Nakada
Yasuko Nakada
Queen of the spiders
Kaoru Yachigusa
Kaoru Yachigusa
Tsui Lan, the maiden in distress
Nobuo Chiba
Nobuo Chiba
Pa Chieh, the pig
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Fumie Noguchi
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Fukutarô Ichikawa
San Tsang, the holy man
Michino Yokoyama
Michino Yokoyama
Zeko Nakamura
Zeko Nakamura
Wu Ching, the water spirit
Yū Fujiki
Yū Fujiki
Tōru Yuri
Tōru Yuri
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Toshiaki Minami
Arihiro Fujimura
Arihiro Fujimura
Mantarō Ushio
Mantarō Ushio
Yoshio Kosugi
Yoshio Kosugi
King of Devils
Musei Tokugawa
Musei Tokugawa
Susumu Fujita
Susumu Fujita