The Monkey King: Quest for the Sutra
The Monkey King: Quest for the Sutra (Chinese: 齊天大聖孫悟空) is a 2002 Hong Kong/Taiwanese TV series based on the 16th century novel Journey to the West. It is also a remake of the 1990s TVB version.
| The Monkey King: Quest for the Sutra 齊天大聖孫悟空 | |
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 The Monkey King: Quest for the Sutra promo poster | |
| Genre | Comedy Shenmo Fantasy |
| Written by | Siu Yeuk Yuen Chan Man keung Yip Kwong Yu |
| Directed by | Fung Pak Yuen Wong Wai Man |
| Starring | Dicky Cheung Edmond Leung Eric Kot Sam Lee Charlene Choi Gillian Chung Nicholas Tse |
| Theme music composer | Ng Kwok King |
| Opening theme | "高高在下" by Dicky Cheung and Andy Lau |
| Ending theme | "至情至聖" by Dicky Cheung |
| Country of origin | Hong Kong Taiwan |
| Original language(s) | Cantonese Mandarin |
| No. of episodes | 40 35 (TVB) |
| Production | |
| Production location(s) | China |
| Running time | 45 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Yat Yuen Productions Hsin Feng Company Ltd. Mo Bin International Ltd. |
| Release | |
| Original network | TVB |
| Original release | 10 July – 2 September 2002 |
| External links | |
| GTV Official Website | |
This is the second Monkey King that is portrayed by Dicky Cheung, the other one being Journey to the West I (1996). It is also the first Monkey King series that is not called "Journey to the West". This was just broadcast on TVB however it is a co-production of Taiwanese-Hong Kong.
This series consists of 40 episodes.
Cast
Leading stars
- Dicky Cheung as Monkey King Sun Wukong
- Sam Lee as Sha Wujing
- Edmond Leung as Tang Sanzang
- Eric Kot as Zhu Bajie
- Charlene Choi as Purple Orchid
- Gillian Chung as Purple Rose
Other stars
- Andy Hui as Dragon Horse
- Sammi Cheng as Guan Yin
- Nicholas Tse as Chung Kwai
- William So as East Sea Dragon Emperor
- Kristy Yang as White Bone Demon
- Ai Iijima as Black Spider Demon
- Bryan Leung as Lee Ching
- Jimmy Lin as Ne Zha
- Alien Sun as White Spider Demon
- Yuki Hsu as Red Boy
- Anita Yuen as The Goddess of Nine Heaven
- Law Kar-ying as Golden Star
- Barbie Shu as Ice Goddess
- Xiao Qiang as Steel Fan Princess
- Cheung Sai as SuSu
- Lee San-San as Seven Treasure Umbrella 七寶羅傘
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