The pilgrims continue their journey in the Shaw Brothers’ low-key, charming continuation.
Category: Adventure
Drifting Home
Everything breaks apart sooner or later, literally and metaphorically, in Studio Colorido’s latest animated adventure.
Child of Kamiari Month
In Takana Shirai’s directorial debut a young girl must travel about 500 miles on foot in order to feed some gods.
The Pirates: The Last Royal Treasure
Director Kim Jeong-hoon throws absolutely everything at the wall in his swashbuckling pseudo-sequel.
The Monkey Goes West
Our heroes sing and dance their way to the West in the first of Ho Meng-hua’s Journey series.
Alakazam the Great
Excellent animation clashes with a ludicrous localisation to make an unforgettable Journey to the West-ish adaptation.
Buddies in India
Wang Baoqiang’s modern day reimagining of the Journey to the West is a manic, bizarre but still entertaining adaptation.
The Singer
A travelling bard sings his way to justice in Cho Jung-rae’s musical drama.
Lupin III: The First
Gentleman thief Arsène Lupin III returns guns blazing for his first CG animated adventure.
New Gods: Nezha Reborn
The gods take their endless battle to the streets of a sci-fi China in Zhao Ji’s action fantasy.
Zu: Warriors from the Magic Mountain
A young soldier finds himself in way over his head in this adaptation of Huanzhulouzhu’s fantasy novel.
Monkey King and the City of Demons
Sha Wujing isn’t even the main villain of his own chapter in the first of a new Journey to the West film series.