Saiyūki (Scripted, Japanese)
Genres: Drama, Comedy, Family
Status: Ended
Premiered: 2006-01-09
Ended: 2006-03-20
Network: Fuji TV
Country: JP
Airs on: Monday
Air time: 21:00
Runtime: 60 minutes
The drama is a modern adaptation of the famous Chinese story Journey to the West. It follows the monk Sanzo Hoshi and her three disciples--the monkey king Son Goku; the half-man, half-pig Cho Hakkai; and the water demon Sagojo--as they travel to Tenjiku (India) in search of Buddhist sutras of enlightenment.