Journey to the West Collection (Shaw Brothers) watch order
There are 6 Journey to the West Collection (Shaw Brothers) films, about 9.8 hours in total. The first was released in 1966, the latest in 1981. Watching in release order is the safest way to meet the story as audiences did.
1960s Hong Kong film series produced by the Shaw Brothers Studio and directed by Ho Meng-hua.
- 1
The Monkey Goes West (1966)
18 Jan 1966 · 112 min
THE MONKEY GOES WEST is the first entry in the studio’s epic, four-part screen adaptation of “Journey to the West,” a 16th-century novel recounting the efforts of a Buddhist monk and his magical companions to travel to India and bring back Buddhist sutras.
- 2
Princess Iron Fan (1966)
10 Aug 1966 · 93 min
The mythological tale of a quest from China to India to bring back Buddhist scriptures, famous for the adventures of Sun Wukong, the notorious Monkey King.
- 3
The Cave of the Silken Web (1967)
31 Jul 1967 · 82 min
Monkey King, Pig and Friar Sand must rescue his master Buddhist monk from seven witches / spiders who believe themselves to be immortal if they eat the monk's flesh. The third part of the Shaw Brothers film series about Monkey King after the novel "Journey to the West."
- 4
The Land of Many Perfumes (1968)
26 Jan 1968 · 82 min
The Monk, Monkey and Pigsy find themselves in the title realm, where women can only give birth to women...unless loved by a man
- 5
The Fantastic Magic Baby (1975)
15 Aug 1975 · 96 min
In The Fantastic Magic Baby, director Chang Cheh weaves a wild and woolly yarn about how the legendary Monkey King and Goddess of Mercy battle and defeat the child god Hung Hai-erh then point him down the road to righteousness.
- 6
My Young Auntie (1981)
1 Jan 1981 · 121 min
Cheng Tai-nun is a young martial-arts champion. She marries an elderly landowner so that he can keep his estate from falling into the greedy and corrupt hands of his brother, Yu Yung-Sheng.
Order and dates from TMDB collection data. Unreleased entries are added once they get a release date.