Category:Movieaction Area:South Korea Years:2011 Director:Hristos Nikoleris Starring:Georgina Liossi
Legend has it that if you get the "Heavenly Palace Sutra", you can rule the whole world. When the "Heavenly Palace Sutra" was taken away by demons and monsters and caused chaos in the world, Master Sanzang and Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie, Sha Wujing and other evil forces launched a tit-for-tat decisive battle with the Bull Demon King and the White-haired Devil. In the end, Master Sanzang led his disciples to seal the enemy in a gourd bottle. In Seoul in 2011, the remains of Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujing were discovered at a construction site. During the excavation, the seal of the gourd bottle was accidentally opened, and the evil forces that awakened after 2,000 years got the opportunity to wreak havoc on the world again, and the only one who could fight against them was Sun Wukong and his group. So scientists resurrected Sun Wukong and his party by extracting DNA from the found relics...After being spoofed by the Japanese TV series, "Journey to the West" was traveled through by Koreans again. Earlier this year, the return of the fool Yingjiu "The Last Godfather" mobilized more than 2.5 million people in Korea, showing the box office potential of family movies. Then, another childhood hero that Koreans have deep feelings for will return to the big screen, that is, Sun Wukong from the traditional Chinese masterpiece "Journey to the West". "Journey to the West Return", starring Korean national comedian Kim Byung-man, will be released in Korea. Recently, the trailer and the behind-the-scenes video were released. In the film, Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie and Sha Seng were copied by DNA technology and came to Seoul in 2011, performing a nonsensical farce of exorcising demons. Although few Koreans have read Wu Chengen's classic novel or the TV series that we must watch every winter and summer vacation, the image of Tang Monk and his four disciples is also a household name, mainly thanks to the Japanese anime "Dragon Ball" and Stephen Chow's "A Chinese Odyssey" series of movies; in addition, in the 1960s, Korean kung fu star Park No-sik starred in a series of adventure action films with Sun Wukong as the protagonist, and the cartoon "The Flying Superboard" produced by KBS TV station since 1991 has been broadcast for a total of five seasons. It is adapted from "Mr. Sun" by Korean cartoonist Xu Yingwan, and the story and character prototypes also come from Journey to the West. This time, the movie version of "Journey to the West: Return" is more bold and subversive, and the story travels to the modern world in a nonsensical way. In the film, the Bull Demon King and others who were sealed in the gourd bottle by Tang Monk and his disciples escaped and came to the modern society to do evil, and the scientific and technological personnel extracted DNA from the relics of more than a thousand years ago and resurrected Sun Wukong and the three brothers Zhu Bajie and Sha Seng. Kim Byung-man, who plays the Monkey King in the film, is good at humorous body language and is quite similar to Stephen Chow and Jackie Chan. Liu Tan and Han Min-kwan, who play Zhu Bajie and Sha Seng, are also comedians. In addition, "Journey to the West: Return" also makes extensive use of copycat computer special effects, which makes Chinese people even more puzzled than the 2006 Japanese drama version. However, with a theme that the audience likes and three famous comedians as the leading actors, the box office potential of the film cannot be underestimated. The film is directed by Shin Dong-ye, who once directed "Slave Lover", and will be released in South Korea on the 17th. Behind the scenes Since the Japanese drama "Journey to the West" was a success, the theme of Journey to the West has once again been favored by overseas production teams. For Shin Dong-ye, a director who is keen on revitalizing Korean family movies, this world-famous classic is a rare and excellent theme. Thanks to the Japanese manga "Dragon Ball", the Korean animation "The Flying Superboard", Stephen Chow's "A Chinese Odyssey" series, and the Korean film series of the same theme starring local action star Park Noo-sik in the 1960s, the characters of Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie, and Sha Seng have become popular with Korean audiences. Shin Dong-ye took advantage of the winter vacation to launch the postmodern version of Journey to the West "The Return of the Journey to the West", which became a hot topic on the streets. The so-called family movies were once very popular in South Korea in the 1980s, referring to those family-friendly movies that did not require classification and were suitable for all ages. These movies have positive intentions and are mostly harmless works that punish evil and promote good, and praise family and friendship. The most well-known character is the hero Yingjiu who has a high status in the hearts of children. Later, due to the miniaturization of the Korean film industry itself, the revitalization was mainly based on commercial routes. Traditional family movies were suppressed and have never regained their popularity. Shin Dong-ye, who was born in the late 1970s, was favored by the Korean film industry.
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