Journey to the West (TV series)

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Journey to the West is a 1986 Chinese live action TV series made by CCTV adapting the majority of the literary classic Journey to the West. The show received great praise when it first aired and is now deemed a classic by many. Unadapted portions of the original Journey to the West were later covered in 1998 as a 'part two' to complete the whole novel (such as "The Cave of Red Gold", in which Lord Lao Zi's water buffalo turned into a demon).

1 List of episodes
- 1.1 Part 1 (1986)
  - 1.1.1 Cast
- 1.2 Part 2 (2000)
  - 1.2.1 Cast
2 Other Adaptations
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] List of episodes

[edit] Part 1 (1986)

The first series runs to 25 episodes. Directed by Yang Jie, the first trial episode was aired on October 1, 1982, and shooting lasted until 1987. It was aired as a whole in 1988. With the limited but relatively new special effects, the series received a viewership rate of 89.4% in 1987[1]. The series has been rebroadcast every year since then.

[edit] Cast

Liu Xiao Ling Tong - Sun Wukong
Wang Yue, Xu Shaohua, Chi Chongrui - Xuanzang
Ma Dehua - Zhu Bajie
Yan Huaili - Sha Wujing

[edit] Part 2 (2000)

The second part of series includes 16 episodes. The shooting began in 1998 and finished in 1999. It was first aired in 2000.

[edit] Cast

Liu Xiao Ling Tong - Sun Wukong
Xu Shaohua, Chi Chongrui - Xuanzang
Cui Jingfu - Zhu Bajie
Liu Shaogang - Sha Wujing

[edit] Other Adaptations

There also exists two other TV adaptations of the same novel. The first of them were made by TVB, a Hong Kong television station. The first one was made into two parts; part one was made in 1996, starring Dicky Cheung, and the second part was made in 1998, starring Benny Chan Ho Man. The general public was displeased with the second part of the adaptation, mostly due to recasting Sun Wukong. Cheung later reprised his role in Taiwan's 2002 adaptation, which was infamous for being terribly inaccurate.