New Journey to the West
| New Journey to The West | |
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Official poster for New Journey to the West
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| Genre | Variety show |
| Written by |
Lee Woo-jung Choi Jae-young |
| Directed by |
Na Young-seok Shin Hyo-jung |
| Starring |
Kang Ho-dong Eun Ji-won Lee Su-geun Lee Seung-gi (season 1) Ahn Jae-hyun (season 2-3) Kyuhyun (season 3) Mino (season 3) |
| Country of origin | South Korea |
| Original language(s) | Korean |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| Production | |
| Location(s) |
Xian, China (season 1) Chengdu, China (season 2) Lijiang, China (season 2) Guilin, China (season 3) Xiamen, China (season 3) |
| Running time | 5-10 minutes each video, 5 videos every release on Friday at 10:00 (KST) (season 1) |
| Release | |
| Original network | tvNgo broadcast via Naver TVCast (season 1~2) tvN (season 2~3) |
| Original release | September 4, 2015 - October 2, 2015 April 19, 2016 - June 17, 2016 January 8, 2017 – 2017 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
New Journey to The West (Hangul: 신서유기; RR: SinSeoYuGi) is a South Korean travel-reality show that has been broadcast online via Naver TVCast from September 4, 2015. This is the first project from “tvN Go,” a digital-content brand from cable channel tvN.
The show re-unites 2 Days & 1 Night Season 1 members Lee Seung-gi, Kang Ho-dong, Eun Ji-won, and Lee Su-geun. The four members each take one of the characters from the classic Chinese novel “Journey to the West” as they go on a 5-days and 4 night backpacking trip through Xian, China, to play various games.
Lee Seung Gi plays Xuanzang (a Buddhist monk in the novel) who leads and worries constantly about the monsters hyungs (his co-cast members) who don’t listen to him. Lee Soo Geun plays Sun Wukong a monkey character with the greatest sin, Eun Ji Won plays Sha Wujing (a celestial being) who either immature or genius villain, and Kang Ho Dong plays Zhu Bajie (a pig character) with low brain but great strength and appetite. Together, they took a journey to the west (Xi'an, China) while completing various mission to find seven dragon balls which can grant wishes for those who can collect them.
Na Young Suk PD expressed, “The four are too familiar with each other, and they know what each other is thinking just from looking at each other’s eyes. Everyone had a great and fun time during the 5 days four nights trip. We are working hard on the post-production at the moment, so that the viewers can experience the fun that we all had.”
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