Saiyūki (2006) 西游记
Director: Kamasaku Sawada / Gake Narita / Hiroshima Kato
Screenwriter: Yuji Sakamoto
Starring: Shingo Katori / Teruyoshi Uchimura / Hiroki Narimiya / Yumiko Ai / Atsushi Ito / Eri Fukatsu / Asami Mizukawa / Koji Okura / Takuya Kimura / Mitsuhiro Oikawa / Wakana Sakai
Genre: Drama
Country/Region of Production: Japan
Language: Japanese
Date: 2006-01-09 (Japan)
Number of episodes: 11
Also known as: Journey to the West / 西遊記
IMDb: tt0805320
Adaptation: Reimagining
Summary:
SMAP’s Katori Shingo will star in Fuji’s signature TV series “Journey to the West” on September 9 (Monday at 9 p.m.), playing the well-known character Sun Wukong. This will be Katori Shingo’s first break since “Super Dad” in 2002. Starring again in the 9th drama in 4 years. “Journey to the West” is a Chinese classic and is also very popular in Japan. It has been remade into Japanese dramas many times, with Masahiro Motoki, Touaki Karasawa and others playing the role of Sun Wukong. This new Journey to the West is the first Japanese TV series of Journey to the West since the 21st century. It is scheduled to be broadcast from January next year. The other main characters have not yet been determined. Among them, the role of Tang Sanzang is highly regarded. Pay attention, because actresses have been invited to star many times before, such as Rie Miyazawa, Riho Makise and others.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saiy%C5%ABki_(TV_series)
Monkey Magic: The Movie (2007) 西遊記
Director: Kamasara Sawada
Screenwriter: Yuji Sakamoto
Starring: Shingo Katori / Eri Fukatsu / Teruyoshi Uchimura / Atsushi Ito / Takeshi Kaga / Goro Kishitani
Genre: History / Adventure
Official website: http://www.saiyuki.jp/index.html
Production Country/Region: Japan
Language: Japanese
Date: 2007-07-14 (Japan)
Duration: 120 minutes
Also known as: Saiyūki / Adventures of Super Monkey
IMDb: tt0938281
Adaptation: Reimagining
Summary:
It is said that the great monk Tang Sanzang (Eri Fukatsu) went to the West to seek the Great Tibetan Sutra under the protection of his three disciples Sun Wukong (Shingo Katori), Zhu Bajie (Atsushi Ito), and Sha Wujing (Mitsuyoshi Uchimura). The four masters and apprentices traveled through mountains and rivers, experienced countless hardships, and arrived at the desert country of Hucheng one day. Unfortunately, this country was previously occupied by two monsters, Jinjiao (Jiuji Kaga) and Yinjiao (Goro Kishitani), who turned the king (Koki Mitani) and the princess into turtles and took away the forests and water sources in the country. The surviving princess Reimi (Mikako Tabe) asked Tang Sanzang and his apprentices to drive away Jinjiao and Yinjiao. Taking this as an opportunity, a new adventure is about to begin, and the Monkey King Sun Wukong is about to show his power again... This film is adapted from "Journey to the West", one of the four great classical Chinese novels.
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