The Monkey King: Quest for the Sutra

The Monkey King: Quest for the Sutra
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齊天大聖孫悟空
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
Original language	Cantonese
No. of episodes	40 35 (TVB)
Production
Production location	Hong Kong
Running time	45 minutes
Production companies	Yat Yuen Productions Hsin Feng Company Ltd. Mo Bin International Ltd.
Original release
Network	TVB
Release	10 July (2002-07-10)[1] – 2 September 2002 (2002-09-02)

The Monkey King: Quest for the Sutra (Chinese: 齊天大聖孫悟空) is a 2002 Hong Kong TV series based on the 16th-century novel Journey to the West. It is also a remake of the 1996 TVB version.^[2][3]

This is the second Monkey King that is portrayed by Dicky Cheung, the other one being Journey to the West (1996). It is also the first Monkey King series that is not titled Journey to the West. It was only broadcast on TVB, even though it is a Hong Kong-Taiwanese co-production.^[4]

This series consists of 40 episodes.

Cast

Leading stars^[3][5]

• Dicky Cheung as Sun Wukong
• Edmond Leung as Tang Sanzang
• Eric Kot as Zhu Bajie
• Sam Lee as Sha Wujing
• Andy Hui as White Dragon Horse

Other stars

• Charlene Choi as Purple Orchid
• Gillian Chung as Purple Rose
• Sammi Cheng as Guan Yin
• Nicholas Tse as Chung Kwai
• William So as East Sea Dragon Emperor
• Fennie Yuen as The Snake Evil

• 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 Hsu as Ice Goddess
• Xiao Qiang as Steel Fan Princess
• Cheung Sai as SuSu
• Lee San-San as Seven Treasure Umbrella 七寶羅傘

References

1. "Monkey King- Quest for the Sutra". www.cinemasie.com. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
2. "齊天大聖孫悟空 - TheTVDB.com". thetvdb.com. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
3. Watch The Monkey King: Quest for the Sutra streaming. Retrieved 18 December 2024 – via www.betaseries.com.
4. "The Monkey King". TV Time. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
5. The Monkey King: Quest for the Sutra TV series Review and Film summary via Detail – Critifan. Retrieved 18 December 2024 – via www.critifan.com.