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Alakazam the Great

Original title: Saiyûki
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  • 1h 24m
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5.9/10
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Alakazam the Great (1960)
AnimationAdventureFamily
A monkey king who learns the secrets of magic goes on a spree and causes no end of aggravation for the gods, who finally imprison him. In order to make up for all the trouble he's caused, he... Read allA monkey king who learns the secrets of magic goes on a spree and causes no end of aggravation for the gods, who finally imprison him. In order to make up for all the trouble he's caused, he is sent on a mission to accompany a prince who is the son of the gods on a journey throug... Read allA monkey king who learns the secrets of magic goes on a spree and causes no end of aggravation for the gods, who finally imprison him. In order to make up for all the trouble he's caused, he is sent on a mission to accompany a prince who is the son of the gods on a journey through a land filled with dangers, monsters, cannibals and demons.
IMDb RATING
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468
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    • Daisaku Shirakawa
    • Taiji Yabushita
    • Osamu Tezuka(credit only)
  • Writers
    • Goro Kontaibo
    • Hideyuki Takahashi
    • Osamu Tezuka(comic "Boku no Son Gokû")
  • Stars
    • Kiyoshi Komiyama(voice)
    • Noriko Shindô(voice)
    • Hideo Kinoshita(voice)
    • Daisaku Shirakawa
    • Taiji Yabushita
    • Osamu Tezuka(credit only)
  • Writers
    • Goro Kontaibo
    • Hideyuki Takahashi
    • Osamu Tezuka(comic "Boku no Son Gokû")
  • Stars
    • Kiyoshi Komiyama(voice)
    • Noriko Shindô(voice)
    • Hideo Kinoshita(voice)
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    • 31User reviews
    • 10Critic reviews
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    Kiyoshi Komiyama
    • Son Gokû
    • (voice)
    Noriko Shindô
    • RinRin
    • (voice)
    Hideo Kinoshita
    • Cho Hakkai
    • (voice)
    Setsuo Shinoda
    • Sa Gojô
    • (voice)
    Nobuaki Sekine
    • Sanzô hôshi
    • (voice)
    Kunihisa Takeda
    • Shaka-nyorai
    • (voice)
    Katsuko Ozaki
    • Kanzeon-bosatsu
    • (voice)
    Michiko Shirasaka
    • Shoryo
    • (voice)
    Kinshirô Iwao
    • Gyûmaô
    • (voice)
    Tamae Kato
    • Rasetsu-jo
    • (voice)
    Kiyoshi Kawakubo
    • Kinkaku daiô
    • (voice)
    Shûichi Kazamatsuri
    • Ginkaku daiô
    • (voice)
    Frankie Avalon
    Frankie Avalon
    • Alakazam
    • (English version)
    • (singing voice)
    Bernard Grant
    • Herman McSnarles
    • (English version)
    • (voice)
    • …
    Sterling Holloway
    Sterling Holloway
    • Narrator
    • (English version)
    • (voice)
    Jackie Joseph
    Jackie Joseph
      Larry Robinson
      • Prince Amat
      • (English version)
      • (voice)
      Arnold Stang
      Arnold Stang
      • Lulipopo
      • (English version)
      • (voice)
        • Daisaku Shirakawa
        • Taiji Yabushita
        • Osamu Tezuka(credit only)
      • Writers
        • Goro Kontaibo
        • Hideyuki Takahashi
        • Osamu Tezuka(comic "Boku no Son Gokû") (screen story)
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      • Trivia
        This movie is based on the epic Chinese novel A Journey to the West written by Wu Cheng-En in the 16th Century China about the adventures of the Monkey King accompanying a Buddhist monk traveling to India to collect rare scrolls to bring home to China. This story has been the basis of many movies, television shows and plays.
      • Quotes

        DeeDee: Take me with you!

        Alakazam: It's no place for women. Besides, magicians don't like girls. They saw them in half!

      • Crazy credits
        [U.S. poster] COLOR and MAGISCOPE
      • Alternate versions
        A version now exists using Toei's restoration (including the original Japanese title and credits) that is synced with American International's English dubbed track.
      • Connections
        Referenced in Legends Summarized: The Monkey King (Journey to the West Part 1) (2015)

      User reviews31

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      Alakazam in Moritorium Hell
      Although it's not the spectacle of the greatness of Japanese Anime, the Western release of Saiyu-ki was a testament to the early days of the art.

      Alas, like so many classics of animation, such as Toei's "Gulliver's Travels Beyond The Moon (Gariba no uchu ryoko)" or Nelvana's "Rock & Rule", this film will never be seen again except on rare, pirated copies, for it has been cast into the pit of Moritorium Hell, where major video chains unceremoniously trash the remaining copies into a dumpster without the opportunity to purchase them to try to salvage history. This disgusting form of book burning for profits by the major studios that now run the major video rental chains, leading to the demise of the Mom & Pop stores of the past will be remembered as corporate greed at it's worst.

      I hope there is a special Hell for these arrogant suits.
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      • redbeard_nv
      • May 1, 2003

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        • July 14, 1961 (United States)
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        • Alta Vista Productions
        • Toei Animation
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      • 1 hour 24 minutes

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