Master Subhuti takes the monkey to The Tri-Star Cave and puts him in training with a class of human students. Despite his celestial destiny, young Wukong seems to be having trouble just being a monkey, let alone a “god-in-training.” He is vain, mischievous, overzealous and often just plain silly. Master Subhuti, one of the Ten Disciples of Buddha, is sent by the goddess Guanyin to find the Monkey Spirit, born of Heaven’s crystal, and train him in the ways of the gods. The fox girl can transform into a beautiful almost human form, while the monkey (a handsome monkey with human features) has incredible strength and power.īut the playmates are separated when Silver Fox must return to her family village and Wukong joins the monkey tribe. As the Silver Fox (Xia Zi Tong) and Sun Wu Kong (Donnie Yen) grow, their affection for each other grows as do their powers. It is an event that will come back to haunt both the fox and the monkey as the Demon King will use them both in his insidious plans to conquer heaven. She enlists the aid of the Buffalo Demon King to use his power to break open the crystal and release the monkey.

There it sits until a kit fox discovers it glowing in a mountain crevice. That single crystal plummets to Earth, landing on Mount Huagao – The Mountain of Flowers and Fruit. She gives every crystal of her being to rebuild and fortify Heaven - all but one. A beautiful princess sacrifices herself by restoring it and building an impenetrable wall around Heaven from crystals from her own body. In the process the Heavenly Palace is virtually destroyed.

He opens the story with an epic battle in Heaven where the forces of the Jade Emperor (Chow Yun Fat) turn back the invading Demon Buffalo King (Aaron Kwok), banishing him to Earth. Played by a major Western actor, the Old Sage serves as the narrator of our tale. The monk is the current keeper of a hundred painted scrolls, each describing an event in the Monkey King’s life.

He tells the tale to two children, one Chinese, the other from the West who come across the monk in a cave on a remote mountainside above the Eastern Ocean. In English the The Monkey King 'The Legend Begins', the legendary creation of The Monkey King is told by an Old Sage, a Western monk who traveled from Europe to China in the 7th Century. The film has grossed CN¥696 million in China.This is a classic story of the responsibilities of power, acquiring true wisdom and finding redemption through sacrifice. The film was released in China on 13 July 2017 in MX4D, 4DX, IMAX 3D, 3D and China Film Giant Screen.

Sky (空) performed by Terry Lin composed by Wan Pin Chu.

Purples (紫) performed by Tanya Chua composed by Yusuke Hatano.

Set 500 years before the Monkey King wreaks havoc in the heavenly kingdom, it tells the stories of Wukong, who is unwilling to bow down to his own destiny, sets out to rebel against the gods.

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