The Adventures of Sun Wu Kung (孫悟空) 65 years old

The mythical adventures of the legendary 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 as a literal, if rather anthropomorphized, monkey in the original legends, this film substitutes the spindly comic actor Norihei Miki, sans makeup.

Credits

The Adventures of Sun Wu Kung Cast

Name Character
Yasuko Nakata as Queen of the spiders
Kaoru Yachigusa She was 28, 88 years old when she died as Tsui Lan, the maiden in distress
Yû Fujiki He was 28, 74 years old when he died
Reiko Dan She was 24, 68 years old when she died as Pon, messenger of the Goddess of Mercy
Tōru Yuri He was 37, 78 years old when he died
Susumu Fujita He was 47, 78 years old when he died
Zeko Nakamura as Wu Ching, the water spirit
Yoshio Kosugi He was 55, 64 years old when he died as King of Devils
Mantarô Ushio He was 50, 91 years old when he died
Norihei Miki He was 35, 74 years old when he died as Sun Wu Kung
Michiyo Yokoyama She was 23, now 88 years old

The Adventures of Sun Wu Kung Crew

Name Department
Eiji Tsuburaya as Special Effects Supervisor. He was 57 (68) years old when He died Visual Effects
Tomoyuki Tanaka as Executive Producer. He was 48 (86) years old when He died Production
Takeo Murata as Screenplay. He was 51 (87) years old when He died Writing
Hajime Koizumi as Director of Photography. He was 33 (now 98) years old Camera
Takeo Kita as Art Direction. He was 52 (72) years old when He died Art
Wu Cheng'en as Novel. He was 459 (82) years old when He died Writing
Yoshitami Kuroiwa as Editor. He was 9 (62) years old when He died Editing
Ikuma Dan as Original Music Composer. He was 35 (76) years old when He died Sound
Kajirō Yamamoto as Director. He was 57 (72) years old when He died Directing
Kajirō Yamamoto as Screenplay. He was 57 (72) years old when He died Writing
The Adventures of Sun Wu Kung poster
The Adventures of Sun Wu Kung (65 years)

  • Release day: Sunday, April 19, 1959
  • Runtime: 98 minutes