Journey to the West (1952) 西遊記
Director: Fuyushima Taizo
Screenwriter: Bāxún bùèr
Starring: Kotaro Bando / Sumiko Hidaka / Sumiko Hidaka / Kazuko Fushimi / Kuyo Sugi
Genre: N/A
Official website: http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1952/cb000730.htm
Country/Region of Manufacture: Japan
Language: N/A
Date: 1952-04-10
Duration: 79 minutes
Also known as: 大あばれ孫悟空 / Great Havoc Sun Wukong 1
IMDb: tt8178606
Adaptation: Retelling
Summary:
This movie mixes 14 stories from the original book, but the storyline is still the original book and the 14 stories in the original book are broken up and shredded into two episodes of the movie. The Cantonese version is directly called “Journey to the West”. The movie merged the original Bone Essence and Flame Mountain, and CheChig Kingdom and Miefa Kingdom, etc…Maybe CCTV Journey to the West merged Yuhua Prefecture and Mie France for reference. There is also in CheChig Kingdom added the original Monkey Immortal based on the Six-Eared Macaque.
Great Havoc Son Goku (1952) 大あばれ孫悟空
Director: Toshi Kato
Screenwriter: Yoshio Kosang
Starring: Kotaro Bando / Junsaburo Ban / Kosaburo Ramon
Genre: N/A
Official website: http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1952/cb001920.htm
Country/Region of Manufacture: Japan
Language: Japanese
Date: 1952-09-04
Duration: 86
Also known as: Great Havoc Son Goku part 2
Adaptation: Retelling
Summary:
In search of the sutra scrolls that will save all sentient beings, the high priest Sanzang traveled thousands of miles with his three disciples, Son Wukong, Cho Hakkai, and Sha Gojyo. Along the way, around the Tseng River, which is 800 li wide, they try to exterminate a demon king named Inspiration Great, who sacrifices children, but the demon king escapes into the water and does not appear. Kannon Bodhisattva appeared there, scooped the water with a bamboo basket, and found a goldfish in it. The demon king was an incarnation of a goldfish that grew in the lotus pond of the bodhisattva.
Continuing their journey, the party arrived at the capital of the treasure kingdom, where a princess of this country was to be selected as a husband according to the law of heavenly marriage, and Sanzo Hoshi was selected as the husband. On the day of the wedding, when Goku revealed that her princess was a fake, the fake princess took Sanzo’s identity and ran away. Chasing after him, Sagojyo and Hakkai fall into the spell and are captured alive. They are able to save Sanzo and the Imperial Princess and exterminated the Onnakai. The female monster was the spirit of the Jorō spider.
In the next Kurashikoku, there is a rule that all monks are slaves, and the four are captured and thrown into prison, but Goku uses his technique to make all the courtiers, including the king, monks, and has the rule cancelled. However, the three hermits of tiger power, deer power, and sheep power will be competing for rain, and Goku defeats the three hermits with the god of wind, the god of thunder, and the god of rain as his allies. decided to stay in the country.
The three of them, excluding Goku, continued their journey and received hospitality at the home of the invader, the capital of Dotaifu. At this time, the three hermits, who were looking for an opportunity to take revenge, plotted against him with their uncle Great Immortal. The Great immortal disguised himself as Goku and boarded the ship, causing violent violence. Not knowing that it was a fake, Sanzo excommunicated him, and even if the real Goku rushed to him, he chased him without hearing his excuse. However, at that time, Sanzo Hoshi is kidnapped by the three immortals and imprisoned in Sanseikan, the residence of the Great immortal. After hearing the situation from Hakkai and Sagojyo, Goku rushes in, but the immortal disguises himself as Goku and fights again. However, Kannon Bodhisattva’s shoma mirror reveals the true identity of the Great immortal and is exterminated by Goku, and the three immortals are also exterminated. Thus, Sanzo’s party once again set out on a journey of ten thousand miles.
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