Fantasy adventure about the arrival of Buddhism in China. When the Goddess of Happiness tosses the Longevity Monk and his disciples out of heaven (because the Monkey King tried to attain ...
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Title: A Chinese Odyssey: Part One - Pandora's Box (1995)
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| Stephen Chow | ... | Joker / Monkey King | |
| Man-Tat Ng | ... | Assistant Master / Pigsy | |
| Kar-Ying Law | ... | Longevity Monk | |
| Kit Ying Lam | ... | Spider Woman | |
| Karen Mok | ... | Pak Jing-Jing | |
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Johnnie Kong | ... | Sha Wujing (as Johnny Kong) |
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Shuming Lu | ... | Bull King |
| Jeffrey Lau | ... | The Grapes | |
| Athena Chu | ... | Zixia | |
| Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Kin-Yan Lee | |||
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Li Po Lung | ... | Monkey Servant |
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Fantasy adventure about the arrival of Buddhism in China. When the Goddess of Happiness tosses the Longevity Monk and his disciples out of heaven (because the Monkey King tried to attain immortality), the Monkey King is reincarnated as the Joker. He now spends his time chasing two jealous women. When one of them is dying, the Joker goes back in time in an attempt to save her. Written by Anonymous
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This is the first of a two part movie series adapted from the classic Chinese novel,Journey To The West.I would consider this as the more comedic one,while the second is more action-packed,with a little sense of art-house in it(if you watch the two together it forms a perfect balance).In this movie,Stephen Chow's character had not yet transformed into the all invincible Monkey King,hence not much action here.It was also extremely loosely based on the novel,so fans of the book might not really like this.The comedy level in this movie is so extreme...you can't even stop laughing for a minute,so if necessary,watch it bit by bit to catch some breath.Watch this solely for the humor,and you'll see a masterpiece.Sing-yeh's best film of the nineties.
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