Adaptations of Journey to the West
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- DirectorDuyu DanStarsMingzhu YinWen-Chao WuMeikang JiangOne of the earliest cinematic adaptation of Chinese classic novel Journey to the West. When seeking for food alone, Tang Xuanzang was kept prisoner by seven spider monsters who took the form of seven beautiful women. The Monkey King and the other two of Xuanzang's disciples managed to rescue him with the help of Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva/Guanyin. They renounced the desire for lust and continued the quest for Buddhist Scriptures.
- DirectorWan LaimingGuchan WanStarsGuanxiang LiuChen ZhengfaZhou JirangThree travelers needing to pass through a fiery mountain seek the magical fan of a princess, but she does not wish to part with it.
- DirectorKajirô YamamotoStarsNorihei MikiReiko DanYasuko NakadaThe mythical adventures of the legendary Chinese trickster Monkey, who must outwit a variety of wily demons who stand in the way of him and his fellow Buddhist travelers. Though portrayed as a literal, if rather anthropomorphized, monkey in the original legends, this film substitutes the spindly comic actor Norihei Miki, sans makeup.
- DirectorWan LaimingCheng TangStarsYue-Feng QiuRun-Sheng FuHans AlfredsonSun Wukong, the King of the Monkeys, sets off on his first adventure to gain a worthy weapon. This earns the attention of the Jade Emperor of Heaven.
- DirectorDing Xian YanThe second part of the trilogy about adventures of the Monkey King.
- DirectorWei TeLin Wen XiaoDing Xian YanStarsKe BiZhào BingWeiqi ChangThe Monkey King fights and kills the Skeleton Demon during the journey he protects Tang monk going to the west for Buddhist scriptures.
- DirectorDaisaku ShirakawaTaiji YabushitaOsamu TezukaStarsKiyoshi KomiyamaNoriko ShindôHideo KinoshitaAn arrogant monkey is forced to go on a journey where he learns about gluttony, greed, love and humility.
- DirectorMeng-Hua HoStarsDiana Chung-Wen ChangFan HoHua Yueh16th-century novel recounting the efforts of a Buddhist monk and his magical companions to travel to India and bring back Buddhist sutras.
- DirectorWan LemingGuchan WanStarsPat Ting HungFan HoHua YuehThe Monkey King and his gang are confronted by the evil Princess Iron Fan, Madam White Bone and her two sexy sisters.
- DirectorMeng-Hua HoStarsAngela Yu ChienLiang Hua LiuMeng TienCave of Silken Web is the third installment in Shaw Brothers series from the Chinese classic tale Journey to the West. The monk Tripitaka and his three protector/companions, Monkey, Pigsy, and Sandy are trapped in the Cave of the Seven Spiders (i.e. seven swimsuit-clad seductresses) who want to eat the monk's flesh to gain immortality.
- DirectorMeng-Hua HoStarsYin FangHsiang Chun LiFan HoThe Monk, Monkey and Pigsy find themselves in the title realm, where women can only give birth to women.
- DirectorChia-Chun WuStarsNiu TienHsiao-Ping YangKuang-Chao Chiang
- DirectorCheh ChangStarsHua-Chung TingChuan-li ChangChin HuIn The Fantastic Magic Baby, director Chang Che weaves a wild and woolly yarn about how the legendary Monkey King and Goddess of Mercy battle and defeat the child god Hung Hai-erh then point him down the road to righteousness.
- DirectorTsutomu ShibayamaStarsNobuyo ÔyamaNoriko OharaMichiko NomuraNobita and his friends go an adventure to save the future from monsters that come out from doraemon's gadget.Will nobita be able to capture all of them and help a monk in his journey to the west?
- DirectorChun-Liang ChenStarsKuan Tai ChenSung-Young ChenYu-Hsin ChenThe story of the Monkey King and his half man/half pig companion and their travels towards the Western Paradise.
- DirectorChun-Liang ChenStarsShang-Chien LiuFang-Fang FongYueh SunMonkey, Pigsy, and Sandy come across a group of people forced to build massive palatial structures for the local warlord under the auspices of a pair of Taoist wizards. The wandering Pilgrims decide to find out what the Taoists are about.
- DirectorJeffrey LauStarsStephen ChowMan-Tat NgKar-Ying LawA Monkey King is reincarnated in the un human form as Joker, a highwayman oblivious to his original identity and the fact that 500 years earlier, he and his master, the Longevity Monk, were punished and made to stay human.
- DirectorJeffrey LauStarsStephen ChowMan-Tat NgAthena ChuThe convoluted continuation of the adventures of the time-traveling, now-human Monkey King, who attempts to fulfill his divine destiny.
- DirectorJeffrey LauStarsJing WuYibo WangKaren MokThe third chapter of the cult-classic fantasy saga : A Chinese Odyssey.
- DirectorChi-Hwa ChenStarsAshton ChenShao-Wen HaoVivian HsuBased loosely on the Monkey King legend, the movie mainly focuses on the affairs of The Dragon Princess Of The West Sea who rebels against her father by refusing to marry the Dragon Prince of The East Sea.
- DirectorJeffrey LauStarsNicholas TseCharlene ChoiBingbing FanA love story between an alien and a monk.
- DirectorToon WangStarsHan-Ya LiuKuei-Mei YangMatthew Yen-Shen TsaiThe story is about the Chinese Tang monk called Tripitaka who leads his fairy animal neophytes Monkey, Pigsy, Sandy, and Horse on a long journey to India in search of the "Script of Wisdom and Truth". Along the journey, they come to a place constantly in flames called Flame Mountain.
- DirectorKensaku SawadaStarsShingo KatoriTeruyoshi UchimuraAtsushi ItôOn the way to India to get some holy scrolls, priest Tripitaka and his followers are led by Monkey and implored by a princess to protect her people from a warlord and his brother. They've taken control of the palace and its riches and turned the royal family into terrapin tortoises. Monkey and co must defeat the evil warlords.
- StarsJason Tolhurst