Saiyūki

Name: Saiyūki
Rating: 6.5

Based On the book by Wu Cheng'en

Saiyūki (西遊記) is a 2006 Japanese historical TV drama based on the 16th-century Chinese novel Journey to the West. It is a successor to the popular 1970s TV show Saiyūki, known outside Japan as Monkey. There have been three dramas and one special based on Journey to the West that have aired previously, making this one the fifth adaptation in Japan. Fuji TV made an unusual decision to air this on 9pm every Monday, a primetime slot usually reserved for romantic dramas, hoping to capture both the young and the old by making this choice.

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Cast:: Shingo Katori, Eri Fukatsu, Teruyoshi Uchimura, Atsushi Itō, Asami Mizukawa
Genre:: Drama, Fantasy drama, Japanese television drama
Country:: Japan
Language:: Japanese