Watch Pigsy invite Sun Wukong, Tang Sanzang... to save the world

The 1986 version of Journey to the West is still being shown over and over again - Screenshot

Sharing with Tuoi Tre Online , a representative of SCTV4 said that Journey to the West - the classic TV series released in 1986 - will meet audiences again at 8:00 p.m. every day from June 30 on this channel.

Meanwhile, the movie Pigsy: New World Chaos (English title: Pigsy) has been scheduled to be released on June 21. The movie is directed by Golden Bell Award-winning director Qiu Lip-Wai.

The 1986 film is still the best

Movie Journey to the West (directed by Yang Jie) is adapted from the novel of the same name by writer Wu Cheng'en.

The film tells the story of Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujing accompanying Tang Monk to the West (India) to obtain Buddhist scriptures. On the way, Sun Wukong and his disciples encountered countless obstacles and 81 hardships, but in the end they overcame them to reach the land of Buddha (India), bringing Buddhist scriptures back to spread in the East.

Journey to the West was filmed over a period of 6 years (1982 - 1988). The first 11 episodes were broadcast in 1986 and China Central Television took the year of the first broadcast as the original release year, so this version is often called Journey to the West 1986. The sequel was broadcast in 1999.

Among the "four great classics", including Dream of the Red Chamber , Romance of the Three Kingdoms , Water Margin and Journey to the West , Journey to the West has the highest number and frequency of adaptations.

According to Sina, the 1986 version of Journey to the West has been shown more than 4,000 times since 2020 despite its rudimentary techniques, and it is predicted that this number will continue to increase.

In 2008, Journey to the West was voted one of the 30 most influential television series in the past 30 years of Chinese television dramas.

After the success of Journey to the West in 1986, over the past few decades, there have been dozens of remakes such as Journey to the West: Love Story , Chaos in Heaven , Journey to the West: Kingdom of Women ... To the point that, Sohu newspaper commented, the original work of Ngo Thua An "is like a giant orange, everyone wants to drink it and squeeze it dry".

In Vietnam, the film was first shown in the 1990s, becoming one of the films associated with many generations of audiences.

Zhu Bajie: The New World - TEASER

Pigsy, Tripitaka, and Sun Wukong save the world

In addition to the 1986 film, this summer audiences will meet again Zhu Bajie, Sun Wukong, Tang Monk... in the animated film Zhu Bajie: Chaos in the New World in theaters on June 21.

An unexpected incident has deprived Zhu Bajie (voiced by Xu Guanghan) of his ticket to the new world - a prosperous place, full of dreams and happiness for honest people who dedicate themselves.

Unable to accept life in the miserable working class area, Mr. Tru agreed to a secret deal with the capitalist Bull Demon King in exchange for the opportunity to set foot in the promised land.

But when he discovers that the Bull Demon King is hatching an evil plan, Zhu Bajie teams up with programming genius Tripitaka (Liu Guanting), security captain Sun Wukong (Yu Chengqing) and robot Xiao Jing (Shao Yuwei) to embark on an adventure to save the world.

The appearance of familiar characters in Pigsy: The New World - Photo: CJ

In the teaser revealed by the publisher, it can be seen that in Zhu Bajie: Chaos in the New World, the natural, mystical space in the classic 1986 film has disappeared, giving way to a modern world with a strong science fiction color.

The White Horse became a modern spaceship. The monsters under the command of the Bull Demon King were now equipped with modern weapons instead of primitive swords and spears.

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