Monkey

ActionAdventureComedy

Release

1 Oct 1978

Country

Japan

Language

Japanese

Production

Overview

Buddhist priest Tripitaka and his three disciples Monkey, Pigsy, and Sandy, travel from China to India to fetch the Buddhist scriptures. They have been sent by Buddha, and getting these scriptures will bring peace to the people of the world.

Plot

An adaptation of a Chinese folktale about a pilgrimage to the West undertaken by a monk and his divine guardians.

Cast

Masaaki SakaiShirô KishibeMasako Natsume

Ratings

Internet Movie Database: 8.4/10

Season 1

A Buddhist monk, a mischievous monkey, a pig spirit, a kappa and their horse embark on a long, adventure-filled journey to retrieve holy scriptures.

Air Date:2 Oct 1978

Available

Seasons

2 Seasons

Season 1

Season 2

Monkey Goes Wild about Heaven

Mischievous King Monkey is summoned to Heaven, where he steals the heavenly peaches, and eats them to gain immortality. He fights two of the Emperor's officials, and all three of them are expelled to Earth. Monkey gets imprisoned under a mountain of rocks, while the other two are transformed into a pig monster (Pigsy) and a water monster (Sandy). Buddha says that a holy man must be sent to fetch holy scriptures from India, to save the world.

Runtime:45m

Air Date:2 Oct 1978Available