Yang (Monkey King), Bowen Yang (Dragon King), Jolie Hoang-Rappaport (Lin), Jo Koy (Benbo), Ron Yuan (Babbo) and Stephanie Hsu (Mayor’s Wife). “The Monkey King” features a voice cast with renowned Asian actors in Hollywood including Jimmy O.
18 and is the first animated adaptation of the lore, directed by Anthony Stacchi and Peilin Chou, the creative force behind “Mulan.” Chow served as the executive producer of this film. The Netflix version will premiere on Aug. Title Release Date Nindo Keppuroku () : 1937.11. “The Monkey King,” a new animated film from actor-producer Stephen Chow, is arriving on Netflix in August.īased on a Chinese character from “Journey to the West,” a 16th-century Chinese novel about a playful monkey with supernatural powers, the Monkey King is blessed with godly, supernatural abilities whose greatest obstacle is his inflated ego.Īrmed with his trusty stick (aptly named “Stick”) and accompanied by a loyal village girl named Lin, the Monkey King sets out on a daring quest to defeat 100 demons in a bid to achieve true immortality and be one with the gods. Jidai-geki (), which literally means 'period drama', is a genre of film, television, and theatre in Japan whose stories are historical dramas set prior to, during, or shortly after the Edo period of Japanese history, from 1603 to 1868.
