A Chinese Odyssey

A Chinese Odyssey
Hong Kong Blu-ray disc box set
Directed by	Jeffrey Lau
Produced by	Yeung Kwok-fai
Written by	Wu Cheng'en
Starring	Stephen Chow Athena Chu Ng Man-tat Yammie Lam Karen Mok Law Kar-ying Jeffrey Lau Lu Shuming Ada Choi
Music by	Zhao Jiping Lowell Lo
Cinematography	Poon Hang-sang Ray Wong William Yim
Edited by	Hai Kit-wai
Production company	Xi'an Film Studio Choi Sing Film Company
Distributed by	San Bo Mega Star Media Asia
Release date	21 January 1995 (1995-01-21) (Part 1) 4 February 1995 (1995-02-04) (Part 2)
Running time	Part 1: 87 minutes Part 2: 95 minutes
Country	Hong Kong
Language	Cantonese (original) Mandarin (dub)
Box office	Part 1: HK$25,093,380 Part 2: HK$20,872,117

A Chinese Odyssey is a two-part 1995 Hong Kong fantasy-comedy film directed by Jeffrey Lau and starring Stephen Chow.

The first part is titled A Chinese Odyssey Part One: Pandora's Box while the second one is called A Chinese Odyssey Part Two: Cinderella. The film is very loosely based on the Wu Cheng'en's novel Journey to the West.

A third film, A Chinese Odyssey Part Three, was released in China on September 14, 2016.

500 years ago, during their journey to the west to fetch the Buddhist scriptures, Monkey got annoyed with the constant nagging of his master, Longevity Monk, and decided to betray him. He was intercepted and subdued by Guanyin, who decided to give him a second chance after Longevity Monk pleaded for leniency and sacrificed himself.

Monkey is reincarnated in the present as Joker, chief of a group of outlaws. Joker and his gang are attacked by two demons, Spider Woman and Bak Jing-jing, who threatened and force them to do their bidding. Joker's second-in-command (a reincarnation of Pigsy) secretly overheard the demons' plan to capture Longevity Monk and feast on his flesh to gain immortality. Joker subsequently fell in love with Bak Jing-jing. Grandpa Buddha shows up in disguise as a bunch of grapes, informs Joker about the danger he is in, and gave him a magic mirror which can reveal a being's true form.

The group are attacked by Bull King, who is also after Longevity Monk. Joker and Pigsy flee with Bak Jing-jing and Spider Woman to Waterfall Cave, where the two demons starts fighting over Joker. Bak Jing-jing and Joker eventually flee from the cave while Spider Woman is impregnated with Pigsy's child by accident. As Bak Jing-jing had been poisoned by Spider Woman, Joker goes back to the cave to ask for the antidote, but is imprisoned by Spider Woman. In the meantime, outside the cave, Bak Jing-jing is captured by Bull King, who cures her of the poison.

Inside the cave, Joker finds Pandora's Box, which can open up a time portal when moonlight shines on it and when "Prajñāpāramitā" is chanted. He also overhears Guanyin's voice, telling him that he was actually Monkey in his past life and is destined to continue his quest to escort his master on the journey to the west. His true destiny will be revealed after he gets three marks on the sole of his foot. Meanwhile, Bull King and Bak Jing-jing enters the cave and fight with Spider Woman. Bak Jing-jing commits suicide after mistakenly believing that Joker has betrayed her love and fathered a child with Spider Woman.