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The Monkey King (1940)
Directed by Kajirō Yamamoto
Comedy, Fantasy · 2h 16m
A legendary pre-war comedy operetta starring Enomoto Kenichi, Hideko Takamine and Li Xianglan. The Sanzo Ikkou continues its westward journey, on a mission to prevent a demonic resurrection. As Genjo Sanzo, Cho Hakkai, Sha Gojyo, and Son Goku (Kenichi Enomoto) fight their way to their goal, their path is fraught with internal strife.
Cast
Kenichi Enomoto
Minoru Takase
Hideko Takamine
Chieko Takehisa
Aiko Mimasu
Yoshiko Yamaguchi
Ranko Hanai
Yôko Yaguchi
Crew
- Director
- Kajirō Yamamoto
- Screenplay
- Kajirō Yamamoto
- Novel
- Wu Cheng'en
- Director of Photography
- Akira Mimura
- Original Music Composer
- Seiichi Suzuki, Shigekazu Kurihara
- Editor
- Kôichi Iwashita
- Producer
- Kazuo Takimura
Details
- Original title
- エノケンの孫悟空
- Release date
- 1940-11-06
- Runtime
- 2h 16m
- Genres
- Comedy, Fantasy
- Original language
- JA
- Spoken languages
- Japanese
- Countries
- Japan
- Production
- Toho Eiga