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The Monkey King: Uproar in Heaven

The Monkey King: Uproar in Heaven

You tell your Jade Emperor, accept my title or I'll ruin his Palace!

19617.71h 54m

Overview

Sun Wukong, the King of the Monkeys, sets off on his first adventure to gain a worthy weapon. This earns the attention of the Jade Emperor of Heaven.

Directed by Wan Laiming
Written by Li Keruo, Wan Laiming, Wu Cheng'en
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Top Cast

Qiu Yuefeng

Qiu Yuefeng

Sun Wu-Kong / Monkey King (voice)

Fu Runsheng

Fu Runsheng

Jade Emperor (voice)

Bi Ke

Bi Ke

Dragon King / Earth (voice)

Shang Hua

Shang Hua

Taibai Jinxing (voice)

Yu Ding

Yu Ding

Erlang God / Tota Heavenly King / Ma Tianjun (voice)

Themes & Keywords

monkeybased on myths, legends or folklorehand drawn animation

About The Monkey King: Uproar in Heaven

The Monkey King: Uproar in Heaven is a animation, adventure, fantasy, action film released in 1961 exploring themes of monkey, based on myths, legends or folklore, hand drawn animation. Directed by Wan Laiming, it stars Qiu Yuefeng, Fu Runsheng, Bi Ke. Sun Wukong, the King of the Monkeys, sets off on his first adventure to gain a worthy weapon. This earns the attention of the Jade Emperor of Heaven.

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