Monkey Sun

Monkey Sun  (孫悟空,   *Songokû*?, Lit. Monkey Sun) also known as ***Son Gokū*** is a 1959 Japanese Tokusatsu film directed by Kajirô Yamamoto produced by Toho with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. The Film Stars Hideyo Amamoto, Kaoru Yachigusa, Norihei Miki, Tôru Yuri, Susumu Fujita and Reiko Dan. In the film, Chang'an, the capital of the Tang dynasty, was devastated by hunger and plague. The emperor thought that if he took care of the Sanzokyo in Tianzhu and prayed, the suffering of the country would be cured. A boy named Xuanzang was chosen as the messenger. The emperor gave him the name of Sanzou Houshi. Wang Xiang, the captain of the guard, said that it was dangerous because there were bandits beyond the border. He died while protecting Sanzo from a bandit. it is a remake of the 1940 film *Enoken's Songoku.*

## Plot

about 2,000 years ago. Chang'an, the capital of the Tang dynasty, was devastated by hunger and plague. The emperor thought that if he took care of the Sanzokyo in Tianzhu and prayed, the suffering of the country would be cured. A boy named Xuanzang was chosen as the messenger. The emperor gave him the name of Sanzou Houshi. Wang Xiang, the captain of the guard, said that it was dangerous because there were bandits beyond the border. He died while protecting Sanzo from a bandit. Kannon-sama's messenger Pon appeared and led the surviving Sanzo to Gogyozan. Sanzo helps and accompanies Sun Wukong, who had been trapped in the rock for 500 years by Shaka-sama. Goku squeezed a pig monster that persistently sneaked into a daughter named Midori. He gave him the name Hakkai and accompanied him. At Quicksand Watari, a kappa monster volunteered to accompany him. He wants to return to the human form because of the Tenjiku. It was named Gojo. After crossing the glacier pass, you will become a land of demons. The devils were waiting that they could live for 10,000 years if they ate the meat of the Buddha's son. Kinkaku turned the cave into a temple, stopped the party, and tried to boil Sanzo in a pot. Goku disguised himself as a bee and helped Sanzo. A big black whirlwind kidnapped Sanzo in the desert. It is the work of Ginkaku. In addition, he tries to masquerade as Goku and others, but Goku rescues Sanzo, who has been spidered from the basement. This time, the copper horn turned into a little girl and tried to hang an iron neck skein dressed in a wreath on Sanzo. Goku killed the ghostly woman with copper horns that appeared one after another. It was said that Sanzo should not kill even the devil. Goku got angry and returned to his mountain. The Devil King disguised himself as the mayor, invited the three to the hall, hung them on a human chair, and captured them. At the news of Pon, Goku helped Sanzo and his friends just before boiling in a kettle. However, he fell down because he had pulled the last hair out against the poison of the Great King. At that time, Hakkai dug through the ceiling of the cave and the sun shined on it. The great kings have melted. Sanzo lamented Goku's death. Pong appeared with a Kannon-like notice. So Goku became a human being and came back to life. Because it was useful for people. －－I arrived at the pass that was approaching Tianzhu. Pong's singing voice echoed to guide the Sanzou Houshi.

## Cast

* Son Goku : Norihei Miki
* Sanzou Houshi : Fukutaro Ichikawa
* Zhu Bajie : Nobuo Chiba
* Sha Wujing : Zeko Nakamura
* Pong: Reiko Dan
* Devil Great: Yoshio Kosugi
* Minister Kinkaku : Toru Yuri
* Minister Ginkaku: Yasuko Nakada
* Minister of Copper Horn: Toshiaki Minami
* Secretary-General: Hideyo Amamoto
* Cooking teacher: Arihiro Fujimura
* Messenger Suttonbee: Michiyo Yokoyama
* Mother of Sanzou Houshi: Teruko Mita
* Wang Xiang: Susumu Fujita
* Swordsman Chikujin: Yu Fujiki
* Chief of the natives: Shoichi Hirose
* Midori: Kaoru Yachigusa
* Midori Ran's father: Heihachiro Okawa
* Midori Ran's mother: Atsuko Ichinomiya
* Picture-story show relatives: Musei Tokugawa
* Chamberlain of Japan: Shiro Tsuchiya
* Little girl with garbled copper horns: Kazumi Wakabayashi
* Elder sister: Fumie Noguchi

## Staff

### Main story

* Produced by: Tomoyuki Tanaka , Hitoshi Usami
* Screenplay: Takeo Murata , Kajiro Yamamoto
* Music: Ikuma Dan
* Lyrics: Hachirou Satou
* Photo: Ichi Koizumi
* Art Director: Takeo Kita
* Recording: Shoichi Fujinawa
* Lighting: Masaki Onuma , Ichiro Inohara
* Edited by: Yoshitami Kuroiwa
* Assistant Director: Susumu Kodama
* Producer: Toshio Kitamura
* Sound adjustment: Hisashi Shimonaga
* Costume proof: Kotaro Maki
* Steel: Kazukiyo Tanaka
* Development: Tokyo Laboratory
* Director: Kajiro Yamamoto

### Special technology

* Special skill director: Eiji Tsuburaya
* Photo: Shuzaburo Araki , Sadamasa Arikawa
* Synthesis: Hiroshi Mukoyama
* Art: Akira Watanabe
* Lighting: Kuichiro Kishida
* Modeling: Teizo Toshimitsu
* Performance: Fumio Nakashiro

## Titles

* Monkey Sun (Japanese: 孫悟空 Original Japanese release title)
* Son Goku (Worldwide release title)
* Adventures of Sun Wu Kong (Original title)
* Songoku: The Road to the West (Worldwide title)
* Monkey Magic (English title)
* Magic Monkey Sky (literal English title)

* Descendants Enlightened on Air (literal English title)
* The Adventures of Sun Wu Kung (Worldwide English title)

## Production

From the "Journey to the West", Takeo Murata ,The script was written by Kajiro Yamamoto and directed by Kajiro Yamamoto of "A Holiday in Tokyo (1958)". It uses special effects technology and uses video techniques to create a fantastic taste. The photo was taken by Ichi Koizumi from "Suzukake no Promenade" . Perspector stereophonic sound.

## Overview

A family-friendly work that boldly arranged " Nishiyuki ", such as making Sanzou Houshi a boy and making the story musical. a Chinese trickster Monkey, who must outwit a variety of wily demons who stand in the way of him and his fellow Buddhist travelers. Though portrayed

The special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya have abolished the conventional miniature photography as much as possible, and are full of speed with the heavy use of drawing composition  . Kinto'un, on which Sun Wukong rides, was drawn directly on the film and matched with the person.

## Simultaneous screening

" I want to be a shellfish "

* Screenplay / Director: Shinobu Hashimoto / Starring: Frankie Sakai
* This work was released on April 12th as a double-barrel with " Talking Wife " (Director: Nobuo Aoyagi ), but from April 19th, it became a double-barrel with this work.

## DVD

* On November 1, 1999 VHS is Kinema Club was released in the mail order limited than.

## Trivia

* The movie does not appear to be registered with the US copyright office, although does appear to have an English international title. This was listed as "Monkey Sun" in the book *Distributed by Toho Special Effects Movies 1954-1999* (ISBN: T1065429631982).
* A remake of *Enoken's Songoku* (1940). Both movies were directed by Kajiro Yamamoto and feature special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya.

## References

This is a list of references for **Monkey Sun**. These citations are used to identify the reliable sources on which this article is based. These references appear inside articles in the form of superscript numbers, which look like this: [1]

1. ↑ Japanese Wikipedia
2. ↑ tohokingdom