Little Bajie (1983) 小八戒
Director: Jin Xuelin
Screenwriter: Ouyang Yuping
Genre: Animation / Short Film / Fantasy
Country/Region of Production: Mainland China
Language: Mandarin Chinese
Date: 1983 (Mainland China)
Duration: 19 minutes
Also known as: Little Pigsy
Adaptation: Continuation
Summary:
This art film is a paper cutout. After Zhu Bajie accompanied Tang San to seek scriptures from the West, he was not used to the poor Buddhist life, so he returned to the Gao village to marry his wife and have children, and he was quite happy. One day, he asked his grandson Xiao Bajie to go to the village to help him get wine, and by the way, he picked up Sun Wukong who was coming to see them. Xiao Bajie waited and waited for Grandpa Sun, but he found a piggy bank full of coins. After searching for the owner to no avail, he took it home. As soon as Sun Wukong arrived at Gao Village, he heard the cry of a little girl, and when asked it turned out that she had lost the money. Wukong hurriedly called the landlord to inquire and found out that the little girl’s money had been picked up by Xiao Bajie. Sun Wukong went to see Zhu Bajie how to deal with the money, and heard that he and Xiao Bajie were discussing how to spend it, so he decided to punish Zhu Bajie.
