New Journey to the West (1990) 新西游记
Director: Wang Wei-Chiang
Starring: Chun Fung / Wang De-Zhi / Chan Yat-Long / Lin Chun-Han / Ying Hsiao-Wei
Genre: Fantasy
Country/Region of Production: Taiwan
Language: Mandarin
Date: 1990
Number of episode: N/A
Also known as: Chinese Mythology Stories / 新西游记 / CMS
Adaptation: Crossover
Summary:
Nobita is a lively, smart and curious child. Like many modern children, he likes to read books, and Journey to the West is his favorite book. In Nobita's little heart, he has always dreamed that one day he could follow the characters of Journey to the West to go on this legendary adventure, but he never thought that this dream would come true. By chance, Nobita traveled through time and space with a yo-yo struck by lightning and met the characters of Journey to the West. Nobita uses the power of yo-yo to adventure with Tang Sanzang and his group, experience different countries, and embark on a series of fantasy journeys.
“Journey to the West” is a mythical story familiar to both adults and children. However, it is not easy to make the familiar story moving. Many versions of “Journey to the West” series have been filmed and broadcast in the past. It is not aired in prime time, but “New Journey to the West” is the first time to be broadcast on prime time TV. The content and story structure must be completely refurbished. Therefore, “New Journey to the West” added Nobita, the protagonist in the Japanese manga “Doraemon”.
The characters in “New Journey to the West” are a great combination of “Journey to the West” and the cartoon “Tinkerbell”, except Tang Sanzang, Monkey King, Zhu Bajie, Sha Wujing, Bull Demon King, Princess Iron Fan, etc. in “Journey to the West” In addition, there are also characters such as Nobita, Ah Fu, Ji An, Yi Jing in “Tinker Bell”, which are all characters loved by children.
These lively characters, under the brilliant pen of the screenwriter of “New Journey to the West”, traveled through ancient and modern times, interweaving interesting stories. The warning philosophy contained in it has a subtle educational effect on children.
“New Journey to the West” still mainly tells the mythical story of Tang Sanzang’s master and apprentice going to the west to learn Buddhist scriptures. On the basis of respecting the original work, artistic processing is carried out, and the portrayal of the characters in the play is more delicate. Compared with “Journey to the West”, it is more It is more humane, more humorous and witty, and the whole plot is more vivid and watchable; it can also be said that this is the most humane adaptation of “Journey to the West”, because the love story makes the protagonist here no longer a god, but more Like a person of flesh and blood, Tang Sanzang talked about polygamy love in the play, and the love between Monkey King and Zhu Bajie and others is also very interesting.
“New Journey to the West” interprets Tang Sanzang, Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie, and Sha Wujing with the most magnificent scenes, the most vivid plots, and the most funny actions. In order to make “New Journey to the West” have unexpected The “hilarious” effect, the cast selection process of the whole drama is also painstaking. In addition to the four soul characters in the drama, the mentor and apprentice, CTV also leveraged its network and invited a large number of beautiful actresses to come to guest roles. The cast is unprecedentedly strong!
At that time, Qin Feng appeared in “New Journey to the West” on the China TV channel just after the release of “Shuangfeiyan” starring in Taiwan TV. In order to play Tang Sanzang well, he reluctantly shaved his head. Long Chuanren and Wang Dezhi played Monkey King and Zhu Bajie. Although the “Journey to the West” they performed in the past has never been broadcast on prime time, their “Sun and Pig” appearances are unmatched among the three channels, so it is very appropriate for them to be played by the two of them; in “New Journey to the West”, the most humorous character is Sha Wujing, played by Chen Yilang, the singer of Hokkien. Chen Yilang is usually taciturn, but his sense of joy. He is natural, and often has unexpected dramatic effects. Just looking at his Sha Wujing appearance is enough to make people laugh. Sha Wujing doesn’t have many lines, but Chen Yilang’s Taiwanese Mandarin will definitely make you laugh out loud.
The story of “New Journey to the West” begins with the story of Tang Sanzang’s journey to the West to learn Buddhist scriptures. On the way, he conquered the horse, the monkey Wukong in Wuzhishan; the pig Bajie in Gaojiazhuang; Tang Sanzang, Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie, and Sha Wujing, four masters and apprentices, went to the west to learn Buddhist scriptures. They passed through the Flame Mountain, but the fire was so fierce that they couldn’t do it; Princess Iron Fan (played by Liu Fangying) refused to lend her fan to Wukong to extinguish the flames. Cheat a fan. Later, the four of them met the Bone Demon sisters (played by Xiao Qiang and Ge Weiru), Wukong fought against the Bone Demon, turned into a magic trick, and tried his best to escape the danger.
After Tang Sanzang and his disciples left Zhu Ziguo, they continued to walk towards the west. They walked to a courtyard. Tang Sanzang decided to go to Huazhai by himself. When he walked into the courtyard alone, he saw four women embroidering flowers and three women kicking ball, when Tang Sanzang explained his purpose, seven women suddenly rushed forward, took Tang Sanzang into a gloomy stone cave “Pansi Cave”, tied him up, hung him high on the beam, and spit out the water from his mouth. Silk threads were woven into a big net to seal the cave door; Sun Wukong, who had been waiting for his master for a long time, suddenly felt that something was wrong, so he chanted a spell and summoned the local land god, only to realize that his master might have fallen into the hands of the seven spider spirits. In the hands; Wukong, Bajie and Sha Wujing made a big disturbance in Pansi Cave, and only rescued the master under the explanation of Pilanpo Bodhisattva.
This episode is taken from the novel “Journey to the West” “Pansi Cave Stick Beating the Spider Spirit”, and cleverly divides the seven spider spirits into seven colors. Each spider spirit is played by a porn star, including Hua Xuanxuan The red spider from Wang Baoyu, the golden spider from Long Juner, the yellow spider from Tian Lulu, the blue spider from Li Qian, the silver spider from Xu Ruohua, and the white spider from Xu Xiaoling. , and the layout of Pansi Cave is full of sexual symbols, these seven actresses almost steal the scenery of the four masters and apprentices in the play.
Tang Sanzang, Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie, and Monk Sha traveled to the Daughter Country of Xiliang. The country is full of women, and the family is passed down to the next generation. Can only have girls. It is said that Tang Sanzang passed by to learn Buddhist scriptures, and the Queen (played by Liu Ming) intends to recruit Tang Sanzang as a son-in-law for the princess (played by Hua Fang); the matter is discovered by the scorpion spirit and the viper spirit. , wanting to profit from it. During the filming, Wang Shizheng, the editor-in-chief of the program department of China Television, once asked Qin Feng, “Do you think Tang Sanzang fell in love in the daughter country?” At that time, Qin Feng thought that Tang Sanzang had made a decision after a lot of psychological struggle; but the editor-in-chief Wang Shizheng thought that Tang Sanzang was not emotional at all, he was a firm learner from beginning to end. In order to “correct” Qin Feng’s understanding of Tang Sanzang, Wang Shizheng also recommended many books for Qin Feng to read.
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