Son go kû 1959

The mythical adventures of the legendary Chinese trickster Monkey, who must outwit a variety of wily demons who stand in the way of him and his fellow Buddhist travelers. Though portrayed as a literal, if rather anthropomorphized, monkey in the original legends, this film substitutes the spindly comic actor Norihei Miki, sans makeup.

Cast:

Norihei Miki
Sun Wu Kung 

Reiko Dan
Pon, messenger of the Goddess of Mercy 

Yasuko Nakata
Queen of the spiders 

Kaoru Yachigusa
Tsui Lan, the maiden in distress 

Nobuo Chiba
Pa Chieh, the pig 

Fumie Noguchi
 

• The Adventures of Sun Wu Kung