Journey to the West (TVB)

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Journey to the West
(西遊記)
Genre Fantasy/Adventure
Starring Dicky Cheung
Kwong Wah
Wayne Lai
Evergreen Mak
Opening theme "西遊記" ("Journey to the West") by
Dicky Cheung
Ending theme "法術烏魔多" by
Dicky Cheung
Country of origin Hong Kong
Language(s) Cantonese
No. of episodes 30
Production
Running time approx. 45 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel TVB Jade
Original run 1996 – 1996
Chronology
Followed by Journey to the West II

Journey to the West (Chinese: 西遊記) is a 1996 Hong Kong TV series produced by TVB, based on the classic Chinese novel of the same name.

The series was very popular during its original run on TVB Jade, mostly because of Dicky Cheung's performance as the Monkey King Sun Wukong. In 1998, the series was dubbed in English and broadcasted on TVB Pearl, the only TVB series to have received such treatment to date.

A sequel, Journey to the West II, was broadcasted in 1998, but the role of Sun Wukong was played by Benny Chan instead, due to contract problems between Dicky Cheung and TVB. Cheung later reprised the role in another series entitled The Monkey King - Quest for the Sutra (2002), which was broadcasted on TVB but not produced by it.

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[edit] Leading stars

[edit] Other stars

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