Product Details

• Actors: Shingo Katori, Teruyoshi Uchimura, Atsushi Ito, Eri Fukatsu, Asami Mizukawa
• Directors: Kensaku Sawada
• Format: Blu-ray, Import
• Language: Japanese
• Subtitles: English
• Region: All Regions
• Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Studio: Cine Asia
• Run Time: 120 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: B001KJ8N0E
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #284,354 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

On the way to India to collect ancient holy scrolls, the sacred priestess, Sanzo, and her loyal band of followers led by Monkey are implored by a mysterious princess to protect her people from a powerful goblin warlord, King Gold Horn, and his tyrannical brother, Silver Horn. They have wrestled control of the palace, plundered its riches and transformed the royal family into terrapin turtles. Mischievous Monkey, Sandy, Pigsy and Sanzo must combine their strength to defeat the evil warlords and prevent the world being plunged into darkness forever! Thirty years in the making, Monkey has finally made it to the big screen with this brand new feature length adventure.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars Monkey Mayhem... Sunwukong is funny-, December 15, 2011

By 

Jennifer Brown - See all my reviews

Amazon Verified Purchase

This review is from: Monkey Magic [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray)

This updated movie version of the original Japanese Version of Wu Cheng En's Journey to the West series (Titled Monkey Magic in the UK, and translated to English by BBC) has a golden haired frisky version of Goku (SunWukong), A rather impish and demure big hat wearing version of Pigsy, and a cool Anime style version of Sandy (in this version he's a Kappa-Japanese Water spirit) While Tripitaka is actually played by a female. They are first seen crossing a great dessert (unlike all other `movie' homages to JTTW) this version picks up on an independent story based off the Japanese TV series, and is not a homage to the books by Wu Cheng En. (I mean that most versions depict Monkey's 1st journey with Tripitaka, or the tale of how Monkey became joined with Tripitaka.) This tale is the story of Golden Horn and Silver Horn with a new twist, they added in some fun quirks and new jokes, and even a poke at cosplayers. If you like cheesy movies, you collect JTTW items, you have a fun love for all things Japanese, and you enjoy the culture and bounce that makes Japanese and Chinese Mythos so wonderful, then this movie will be a gem in your collection. If you don't like any of those things, you most likely won't like this movie unless you are at a convention, or are with a group of friends heckling it with a ton of food and drinks at hand.
I recommend the China Masterpiece: Journey to the West (10 Dvds) collectors edition, if you want to TRULY enjoy the video/TV version of Wu Cheng En's masterpiece, Journey to the West and see the real SunWukong and his adventures at their very best. (Because the Japanese version is actually a unique version comparitively)China Masterpiece: Journey to the West (10 Dvds) (Mandarin, Cantonese, English, Japanese) Collection's Edition