The Monkey King Conquers the Demon (1985) 金猴降妖
Director: Te Wei / Yan Dingxian / Lin Wenxiao
Screenwriter: Te Wei / Bao Lei
Starring: Li Yang / Tan Pengfei / Hong Rong / Wu Lusheng / Chariot / Zhao Bing / Bike / Wei Qichang
Genre: Drama / Animation / Fantasy
Country/Region of Production: Mainland China
Language: Mandarin Chinese
Date: 1985 (Mainland China)
Duration: 90 minutes / 125 minutes (TV version)
Also known as: The Golden Monkey Conquers the Demon
IMDb: tt2572208
Adaptation: Retelling
Summary:
It is said that Sun Wukong, Great Sage Equally Heaven, Zhu Bajie, the Canopy Marshal, and Monk Sha, Rolling Curtain General, protect Tang Monk from the west to learn Buddhist scriptures. After going through a lot of hardships along the way, they subdue countless demons and ghosts. On this day, the four masters and apprentices came to a barren mountain.
At this time, a young village girl came forward to ask for help, and Sun Wukong recognized with piercing eyes that it was the monster Bone Demon, and beat her away. However, Tang Sanzang, with his naked mortal eyes, blamed Wukong for harming his life, and Zhu Bajie fanned the flames, chanting the mantra so tightly that Monkey King was in unbearable pain.
After that, the White Bone Essence turned into a child and an old man to trick him, but Wukong saw them all and beat them away. Tang Seng was so angry that he drove away Wukong in a fit of anger, and thus fell into the trick of the monster…
This film is adapted from the story in the classic classic “Journey to the West”, and won the 1986 China Film Golden Rooster Award for Best Animation Film; The 1985 Excellent Film Award of the Ministry of Radio, Film and Television; In 1987, he won the feature film award and the popular award at the Youth Animation Film Festival of the French Burpolas Cultural Club; 1989 Chicago International Children’s Film Festival Animation Feature Film First Prize.
Source: http://chinesemov.com/1985/The-Monkey-King-Conquers-the-Demon.html
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