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Monkey Magic (2007)

Genre : Action, Comedy, Adventure, Fantasy

Runtime : 1H 56M

Director : Kensaku Sawada
Writer : Yuji Sakamoto

Synopsis

Journey to the West comes to the big screen like never before in the 2007 film Saiyuuki! Also known as Monkey Magic and Adventures of the Super Monkey, this is the latest in a long line of adaptations of the Wu Cheng'en tome.

Actors

Shingo Katori
Shingo Katori
Monkey King Son Goku
Eri Fukatsu
Eri Fukatsu
Tripitaka/Sanzo Hoshi
Atsushi Ito
Atsushi Ito
Cho Hakkai/Pigsy
Teruyoshi Uchimura
Teruyoshi Uchimura
Sa Gojou/Friar Sand
Koji Ohkura
Koji Ohkura
Asami Mizukawa
Asami Mizukawa
Takeshi Kaga
Takeshi Kaga
Goro Kishitani
Goro Kishitani
Kumi Koda
Kumi Koda
Tsuyoshi Kusanagi
Tsuyoshi Kusanagi
Kiyotaka Nanbara
Kiyotaka Nanbara
Hiroshi Neko
Hiroshi Neko
Mikako Tabe
Mikako Tabe

Crews

Kensaku Sawada
Kensaku Sawada
Director
Yuji Sakamoto
Yuji Sakamoto
Screenplay
Osamu Takizawa
Osamu Takizawa
Sound
Juichi Uehara
Juichi Uehara
Producer
Chihiro Kameyama
Chihiro Kameyama
Executive Producer
Yoshishige Shimatani
Yoshishige Shimatani
Executive Producer
Kosuke Matsushima
Kosuke Matsushima
Director of Photography
Takeshi Shimizu
Takeshi Shimizu
Art Direction
Katsuro Onoue
Katsuro Onoue
Special Effects Supervisor
Satoshi Takebe
Satoshi Takebe
Original Music Composer
Atsuki Sato
Atsuki Sato
VFX Supervisor

Trailers and other movies

The Adventures of Super Monkey (2007)

Posters and backgrounds

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