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The Cave of the Silken Web

Based On the book by Wu Cheng'en

The Cave of the Silken Web (traditional Chinese: 盤絲洞; simplified Chinese: 盘丝洞; pinyin: Pan Si Dong) a.k.a. Journey to the West – the Spiders Cave (西遊記-盤絲洞; 西游记-盘丝洞) a.k.a. Spiders is a 1927 Chinese film directed by Dan Duyu and starring Yin Mingzhu as the first spider spirit. It is based on an episode of the shenmo fantasy novel Journey to the West, a Chinese literary classic written in the Ming Dynasty.

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Release date:
February 2, 1927
Director:
Dan Duyu
Cast:
Yin Mingzhu
Genre:
Fantasy, Silent
Country:
Republic of China
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Book vs Film

Cover of Journey to the West
The Book · 1592

Journey to the West

Wu Cheng'en, Li Chunfang
Poster for The Cave of the Silken Web
The Film · 1927

The Cave of the Silken Web

Dan Duyu

★ 6.4 / 10 144 votes · IMDb

Reached the screen 335 years after publication.

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