Journey to the West: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Journey to the West is a 1996 Hong Kong TV series produced by TVB, based on the classic Chinese novel of the same name. The series was very popular during its original run on TVB Jade, mostly because of Dicky Cheung's performance as the Monkey King Sun Wukong. In 1998, the series was redubbed in English and broadcasted on TVB Pearl, the only TVB series to have received such treatment to date. A sequel, Journey to the West II, was broadcasted in 1998, but the role of Sun Wukong was played by Benny Chan instead, due to contract problems between Dicky Cheung and TVB. Cheung later reprised the role in another series entitled The Monkey King - Quest for the Sutra (2002), which was broadcasted on TVB but not produced by it.

Series details

• Title: Journey to the West
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Chinese
• Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
• Premiere date: 1996-11-18
• Final broadcast date listed: 1998-12-19
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: TVB Jade
• Network country: Hong Kong
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 28965
• IMDb ID: tt1459024
• TVDB ID: 81456

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1996-11-18; final listed air date 1996-12-27; episode order: 30.
• Season 2: premiered 1998-10-26; final listed air date 1998-12-19; episode order: 42.

Source and licence

Adapted from Journey to the West on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.