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| Journey to the West | |||||||||||
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| Chinese name | |||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 西遊記 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 西游记 | ||||||||||
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| Genre | Chinese mythology, shenmo fantasy, adventure | ||||||||||
| Based on | Journey to the West by Wu Cheng'en | ||||||||||
| Screenplay by | 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 | Tin Ngoi Yau Tin (天外有天) performed by Dicky Cheung | ||||||||||
| Country of origin | Hong Kong | ||||||||||
| Original language | Cantonese | ||||||||||
| No. of episodes | 30 | ||||||||||
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| Producer | Lau Sze-yu | ||||||||||
| Production location | Hong Kong | ||||||||||
| Editors | Cheung Wah-biu Yip Kwong-yam | ||||||||||
| Running time | 45 minutes per episode | ||||||||||
| Production company | TVB | ||||||||||
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| Network | TVB Jade | ||||||||||
| Related | |||||||||||
| Journey to the West II (1998) | |||||||||||
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Journey to the West is a Hong Kong television series adapted from the 16th-century 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.