The Monkey Goes West

Name: The Monkey Goes West
Director: Ho Meng-Hua
Genre: Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Released: 1966-01-18
Duration: 112 min
Rating: 8
Cast: Elliot Ngok Wah, Ho Fan, Tien Shun, Pang Pang, Fan Mei-Sheng

Original title: 西遊記

8.0(2)19661h 52mZH

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Directed by Ho Meng-Hua

Part of the Journey to the West Collection (Shaw Brothers)

THE MONKEY GOES WEST is the first entry in the studio’s epic, four-part screen adaptation of “Journey to the West,” a 16th-century novel recounting the efforts of a Buddhist monk and his magical companions to travel to India and bring back Buddhist sutras.