Sun Wukong vs. Red Boy (2021) 孙悟空大战红孩儿
Director: Qian Yong
Screenwriter: Qi Ling Tong / Six Ling Tong
Starring: Eleven Lingtong / Yao Baiqing / Ying Linfeng
Genre: Opera
Country/Region of Production: Mainland China
Language: Mandarin Chinese
Date: 2021 (Mainland China)
Duration: 86 minutes (Mainland China)
Adaptation: Retelling
Summary:
Shaoju “Sun Wukong vs. Red Boy” is adapted from the story of the classic novel “Journey to the West”. It was originally a play in the full version of Shaoju “Journey to the West”. It was previously edited and performed by Qilingtong and Liulingtong. In 1979, famous Zhejiang playwrights Gu Xidong, Shuang Ge, Bei Geng, and others adapted the old version and put it on stage again by the Zhejiang Shaoju Troupe. It has been performed more than a thousand times and has won praise from the audience and drama colleagues.
Plot summary: Tang Monk and his disciples went west to obtain Buddhist scriptures and were blocked by the 800-mile Flame Mountain. Red Boy, the owner of the “Fire Cloud Cave”, intercepted Tang Monk and his disciples with his trick of spitting out “Samadhi Divine Fire”. Sun Wukong, who was sworn brother with Red Boy’s father, Bull Demon King, could not bear to hurt his life, so he used a clever trick to subdue Red Boy to the side of Guanyin Bodhisattva.
