Saiyûki
Japan
1960 Animation
1h 28min
Original language: Japanese, English
One of the first documented commercial film adaptations of manga source material, this anime from OSAMU TEZUKA's retelling of the ancient Chinese novel JOURNEY TO THE WEST ("Hsi-yu Chi") follows a monkey king who learns the secrets of magic and the mastery of willpower that knowledge entails.
| Directed by | Daisaku Shirakawa, Taiji Yabushita |
| Written by | Goro Kontaibo, Lee Kresel |