Monkey (1978)

85% User Rating

Action & Adventure

Comedy

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

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.

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Masaaki Sakai

Monkey

Masako Natsume

Tripitaka

Shiro Kishibe

Sandy

Toshiyuki Nishida

Pigsy

Takayuki Akutagawa

Narrator

Shunji Fujimura

Horse

David Collings

Voice of Monkey

Gareth Armstrong

Voice of Sandy

Peter Woodthorpe

Voice of Pigsy

Miriam Margolyes

Narator

Andrew Sachs

Voice of Horse / Yu-Lung

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Peter89Spencer

Rating 90%

April 11, 2021

So cheesy yet entertaining! A shame we never saw them reach India, and I only have two boxsets. Still, Monkey is a ridiculously fun cult following that inspired many adaptations, some loosely based on the Journey to the West.

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