Journey to the West (1996 TV series)
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| Genre | Chinese mythology, shenmo fantasy, adventure |
| Written by |
Wu Cheng'en (original story) Yip Kwong-yam Chung Ching Chung Yeuk-si Ding Sam So Chi-wai Leung Siu-yan |
| Directed by | Lo Lun-seung Wong Kin-fan Lee Kim-wo Lee Man-lung Chan Seung-kuen Lau Kwok-fai |
| Starring |
Dicky Cheung Kwong Wah Wayne Lai Evergreen Mak |
| Narrated by | Jimmy Kwok |
| Theme music composer | Ng Tung-ming Chu Ging-yin Kwan Bo-syun |
| Opening theme | Sai Yau Kei (西遊記) performed by Dicky Cheung |
| Ending theme | Fat Sut Wu Mo Do (法術烏魔多) performed by Dicky Cheung |
| Country of origin | Hong Kong |
| Original language(s) | Cantonese |
| No. of episodes | 30 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Lau Sze-yu |
| Location(s) | China |
| Editor(s) | Cheung Wah-biu Yip Kwong-yam |
| Running time | 45 minutes per episode |
| Production company(s) | TVB |
| Release | |
| Original network | TVB Jade |
| First shown in | November 1996 |
| Chronology | |
| Followed by | Journey to the West II (1998) |
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| Traditional Chinese | 西遊記 | ||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 西游记 | ||||||||||
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Xīyóujì |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Jyutping | Sai1 Jau4 Gei3 |
Journey to the West is a Hong Kong television series adapted from the novel of the same title. Starring Dicky Cheung, Kwong Wah, Wayne Lai and Evergreen Mak, the series was produced by TVB and was first broadcast on TVB Jade in Hong Kong in November 1996. A sequel, Journey to the West II, was broadcast in 1998, but the role of the Monkey King was played by Benny Chan instead, due to contract problems between Dicky Cheung and TVB. Cheung later reprised the role in another television series The Monkey King: Quest for the Sutra (2002), which was broadcast on TVB but not produced by the station.
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