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Monkey! is a loose Japanese TV adaptation of Wu Ch'eng-en's 16th-century collection of Chinese fables, which was re-dubbed into English in the early 1980s.

The titular monkey (played with great enthusiasm, not to mention athleticism by Japanese comic actor and former rock star Masaaki Sakai) accompanies boy-monk Tripitaka (confusingly, a pretty actress called Masako Natsume) on his/her quest for the Indian Sutras. They pick up Sandy (Shiro Kishibe), Pigsy (Toshiyuki Nishida) and a dragon that becomes a horse along the way.

Monkey! is a loose Japanese TV adaptation of Wu Ch'eng-en's 16th-century collection of Chinese fables, which was re-dubbed into English in the early 1980s.

The titular monkey (played with great enthusiasm, not to mention athleticism by Japanese comic actor and former rock star Masaaki Sakai) accompanies boy-monk Tripitaka (confusingly, a pretty actress called Masako Natsume) on his/her quest for the Indian Sutras. They pick up Sandy (Shiro Kishibe), Pigsy (Toshiyuki Nishida) and a dragon that becomes a horse along the way. (less)

Directors: Yoshiyuki Kuroda, Showa Ota, Jun Fukuda, Kazuo Ikehiro, Akira Inoue, Daisuke Yamazaki
Writers: Fumio Ishimori, Moto Nagai, Cheng'en Wu, Motomu Furuta, Eizabur� Shiba, Mamoru Sasaki
Starring: Toshiyuki Nishida, Masaaki Sakai, Shir� Kishibe, Masako Natsume, Shunji Fujimura, Jun Negami
Producer: John Ledford

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