Journey to the West (1986) 西游记
Director: Yang Jie
Screenwriter: Dai Yinglu / Yang Jie / Zou Yiqing / Wu Chengen
Starring: Liu Xiaolingtong / Chi Zhongrui / Ma Dehua / Wang Yue / Xu Shaohua / more…
Genre: Drama / Action / Fantasy / Adventure / Costume
Country/Region of Production: Mainland China
Language: Mandarin Chinese
Date: 1986-02 (Mainland China) / 2000-02-08 (Mainland China)
Number of Seasons: 2
Episodes: 41
Single episode length: 45 minutes
Also known as: Old Version of Journey to the West / CCTV Version of Journey to the West / Journey to the West / 西游记续集 / Journey to the West Sequel
IMDb: tt1163129 / tt6289390
Adaptation: Retelling
Summary:
A boulder in the Flower Fruit Mountain of Aolai Country in Dongsheng Shenzhou gave birth to a Intelligent Stone Monkey (played by Liu Xiaolingtong). The stone monkey later learned the seventy-two transformations after worshiping Subhuti as his teacher and possessed the supernatural ability, so occupy the mountain as king, he claimed to be the Great Sage Equal to Heaven. So Zhanshan became king and called himself the Great Sage Equaling Heaven.
The Jade Emperor sent Taibai Jinxing down to summon the Great Sage to the Heavenly Court. Later, the Great Sage made a disturbance in the Heavenly Palace because he thought the official position bestowed by the Jade Emperor was too low. After being trapped in the alchemy furnace for forty-nine days by the Taishang Laojun he was refined with golden eyes and fiery eyes. The Tathagata Buddha saw that the situation was out of control, so he suppressed the Great Sage under Wuzhi Mountain. Five hundred years passed in a blink of an eye, and Tang Seng was selected by Guanyin Bodhisattva as the person who went west to learn scriptures and save all sentient beings.
After ninety-nine and eighty-one hardships, Tang Seng (played by Xu Shaohua), the master and his disciples finally arrived at Lingshan to obtain the scriptures. After a successful practice, the master and apprentice returned to the capital city Chang'an on a cloud, where they met Tang Wang Li Shimin (played by Zhang Zhiming), and told him about the process of learning the scriptures. It can be said that this road is really dangerous, and there are many difficulties.
In Tongtianhe, the King of Inspiration blocked his journey and hurt his life; in Shituoling, there were three gods and beasts from Lingshan acting as monsters. During this period, there was even a rift between the master and the apprentice. As a result, the Six-Eared Macaque took advantage of the vacancy and staged a good show of the real and fake Monkey King. There is even a rhino monster in Jinping Mansion pretending to be Buddha, deceiving the world and stealing its name, attracting heavenly soldiers and generals to eliminate demons. It’s hard to describe in words…
This film is adapted from “Journey to the West”, one of the four classic Chinese classics. Due to financial constraints and other reasons, the old version of “Journey to the West” was not fully filmed, and “Journey to the West Sequel” filled in the missing parts.
Source: http://chinesemov.com/tv/1986/Journey%20to%20the%20West.html
Journey to the West Piolet Episode (1982) 西游记试集：除妖乌鸡国
Director: Yang Jie / Xun Hao / Ren Fengpo / Dong Xingji
Screenwriter: Zou Yiqing / Dai Yinglu
Starring: Liu Xiaolingtong / Ma Dehua / Wang Yue / Yan Huaili / Lei Ming / Zheng Chuqi / Wang Haining / Dong Honglin / Zhao Guangbin / Li Runsheng / Yang Yunfei / Dong Xingji
Genre: Drama / Fantasy / Costume
Country/Region of Production: Mainland China
Language: Mandarin Chinese
Date: 1982-10-01 (Mainland China)
Duration: 56 minutes
Also known as: Journey to the West (pilot): The Demon-Slaying Black-Chicken Country / The Demon-Slaying Black-Chicken Country / The Journey to the West Trial Episode / The Journey to the West Pilot Episode / The “Journey to the West” TV Series: The Demon-Slaying Black-Chicken Country / 除妖乌鸡国 / 西游记试集 / 西游记试播集 / “西游记”电视系列片：除妖乌鸡国
Adaptation: Retelling
Summary:
The story behind the pilot episode of Journey to the West “The Kingdom of the Black Chicken” If you were to ask which episode of “Journey to the West” was aired first, you would definitely say without hesitation that it was when the Monkey King first came out. In fact, the real first episode was “The Kingdom of the Black Chicken”. This was an episode of trial filming in July 1982. The episode was broadcast on CCTV on October 1, 1982. It is said that after the broadcast, the response from the audience was still great, but the crew of Journey to the West thought it was very unsuccessful.
In the 1986 version of Journey to the West, Tang Monk wore a Five Buddha crown and a brocade cassock. However, during the trial filming in 1982, the crew in Yangzhou had not yet finished making the Five Buddha crown and cassock. Therefore, they could only prepare them for Tang Monk. He bought a set of casual clothes, which was an ordinary monk’s hat and robe. At the beginning of the trial, Tang Monk walked into Baolin Temple wearing this outfit. The real and fake Tang Monk: played by Wang Yue, played by Chi Chongrui in the remake.
The deleted section of “Chenjiazhuang” in Episode 25 “Bo Sheng Bliss” At that time (1982-1988), due to lack of funds, the crew did not film five episodes of the story including “Dangerous Crossing of Tongtian River”, but the episode of “Tongtian River” has many connections with the last episode:
Among them, the specific plot of “Life Saving Temple” is: the master and apprentice dried the scriptures and came to a temple, and found that the statues of their four masters and apprentices were enshrined inside. It turned out that this was Chenjiazhuang’s gratitude to Master Tang Monk for fighting the carp spirit in Tongtian River. , the “Lifesaving Temple” built to save a pair of children of the Chen family enshrines incense. The four masters and apprentices were about to leave when they met Chen Qing and his wife who came to collect incense. Under the warm invitation, Master Tang and his disciples came to Chenjiazhuang to have an evening meal. The people in the village were very grateful to the four masters and disciples. In the evening, Master Tang and his disciples were in a hurry and did not want to disturb the people of Chenjiazhuang too much, so they left quietly.
The first eleven episodes were broadcast on February 3, 1984, “The Plan to Harvest Zhu Bajie” and “Three Strikes of Bone Demons”, and the first eleven episodes were broadcast during the Spring Festival in 1986. The ending song “Dare to Ask Where is the Way” was sung by Zhang Baomo. In 1986, he completed the filming of “Lotus Cave”, “Destroying Demons and Black Roosters” (remake), “Battle of the Red Boy”, “Battle of Three Monsters”, “Qu Jing Daughter’s Kingdom”, “Three-Tune Banana Fan”, “Sweeping” There are nine episodes in “The Pagoda Discriminates Strange Injustices”, “Wandering into Xiaoleiyin” and “Sun Houqiao Practices Medicine”. In 1987, five episodes of “Falling into the Pansi Cave”, “Four Explorations into the Bottomless Cave”, “Jade Continent”, “Tianzhu Collecting the Jade Rabbit” and “Bossing into Paradise” were completed. Starting from February 1, 1988, all the first 25 episodes were broadcast.
Journey to the West New Year’s Special (1987) 齐天乐
Director: Yang Jie
Screenwriter: Yan Su / Yang Jie
Starring: Liu Xiaolingtong / Ma Dehua Yan / Huaili / Chi Chongrui / Zhao Lirong / Yu Junjian / Jiang Dawei / Hu Yinyin / Sun Zhengping
Genre: Musical / Opera
Country/Region of Production: Mainland China
Language: Mandarin Chinese
Date: 1987-01-29 (Mainland China)
Duration: 111 minutes
Also known as: 齐天乐春节晚会
Adaptation: Meta
Summary:
The video focuses on warmth, joy and harmony, and is a classic among classics. Reference videos can be obtained on various video websites. According to Du Zhonghua’s “Huaguo Mountain Citing the Old Year of the Tiger, Water Curtain Cave Welcomes the Rabbit Yuan New Year-"Journey to the West” Spring Festival Gala Video Side Notes", we can know the relevant information of the party. In the large studio of CCTV, the crew of the TV series “Journey to the West” recorded a unique Spring Festival Gala. Why do you want to hold such a party? The play’s director Yang Jie and cameraman Wang Chongqiu said: “After the trial broadcast of "Journey to the West” last Spring Festival, it aroused great interest from the audience. The film crew continued to work hard without stopping, and traveled to Suzhou, Hangzhou, Jiuhua, Guilin and Turpan, Xinjiang in one year, and filmed 20 episodes of material.
Since there are still five episodes to be filmed and post-production is required, it is estimated that all of them will be broadcast during the Spring Festival of 1988. In order to introduce the filming of “Journey to the West” and invite various “immortals” and “kings” to send New Year greetings to the audience, CCTV decided to record a program called “Qi Tianle”. “ "It (evening) is characterized by: almost all the programs revolve around Journey to the West, and all the actors have played roles in Journey to the West. The cast and crew, headed by the director, will also be on stage. Actors have costumes and casual clothes, so that the audience can see their true colors. ” From the trial shooting of the first episode in August 1982 to the official meeting with the audience in 1988, the total shooting and production process of “Journey to the West” lasted for 6 years.
“Journey to the West” crew in Thailand (1987)《西游记》剧组在泰国
Director: Yang Jie
Screenwriter: Wang Chongqiu / Ma Lizhu
Starring: Luo Jing
Genre: Documentary / Short
Country/Region of Production: Mainland China
Language: Mandarin Chinese / Thai
Date: 1987-12
Episodes: 1
Single episode length: 21 minutes
Adaptation: Meta
Summary:
In 1987, the crew of the TV series “Journey to the West” was approved to go to Thailand for location shooting. Due to the shortage of funds, the entire crew was reduced to 20 people, most of whom were going abroad for the first time. This film records the filming and experience of the “Journey to the West” crew in Thailand.
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