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The Monkey King: Quest for the Sutra

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The Monkey King: Quest for the Sutra
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齊天大聖孫悟空
GenreComedy
Shenmo
Fantasy
Written bySiu Yeuk Yuen
Chan Man keung
Yip Kwong Yu
Directed byFung Pak Yuen
Wong Wai Man
StarringDicky Cheung
Edmond Leung
Eric Kot
Sam Lee
Charlene Choi
Gillian Chung
Nicholas Tse
Theme music composerNg Kwok King
Opening theme"高高在下" by Dicky Cheung and Andy Lau
Ending theme"至情至聖" by Dicky Cheung
Country of originHong Kong
Original languageCantonese
No. of episodes40
35 (TVB)
Production
Production locationHong Kong
Running time45 minutes
Production companiesYat Yuen Productions
Hsin Feng Company Ltd.
Mo Bin International Ltd.
Original release
NetworkTVB
Release10 July (2002-07-10) –
2 September 2002 (2002-09-02)

The Monkey King: Quest for the Sutra (Chinese: 齊天大聖孫悟空) is a 2002 Hong Kong TV series based on the 16th-century novel Journey to the West. It is also a remake of the 1996 TVB version.

This is the second Monkey King that is portrayed by Dicky Cheung, the other one being Journey to the West (1996). It is also the first Monkey King series that is not titled Journey to the West. It was only broadcast on TVB, even though it is a Hong Kong-Taiwanese co-production.

This series consists of 40 episodes.

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