2 Season
52 Episode
Monkey - Season 1 Episode 2 Monkey Turns Nursemaid
Buddha sends a messenger, the Boddhisattva Kuan-yin the Compassionate, to find a holy man to make the journey from China to India to fetch the large vehicle scriptures. She chooses the boy priest Hsüan Tsang, and bestows upon him the name Tripitaka. Joined by the irrepressible Monkey - with his magic wishing staff and magic powers - and a talking horse, this could be a journey to remember...
- Year: 1980
- Country: China, Japan
- Genre: Action & Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Studio: Nippon TV
- Keyword: buddhism, martial arts, kung fu, based on novel or book, mythology, legend, mongolia, monkey, journey to the west, saiyuki, chinese mythology
- Director:
- Cast: Masaaki Sakai, Masako Natsume, Shiro Kishibe, Toshiyuki Nishida, Takayuki Akutagawa, Shunji Fujimura