A Chinese Odyssey: Part One - Pandora's Box

(Sai yau gei: Yut gwong bou haap)

Basics

A film directed by Jeffrey Lau
1994 | 87 minutes | Colour | Mono | 1.85 : 1

Synopsis

Fantasy  adventure  about  the arrival of Buddhism in China. When the
Goddess of Happiness tosses the Longevity  Monk  and  his  disciples
out  of  heaven  (because  the Monkey King tried to attain immortality),
the Monkey King is reincarnated as the Joker. He now spends his time chasing two jealous women. When one  of  them  is  dying,  the  Joker
goes back in time in an attempt to save her.

Main Cast

Stephen Chow
Man-Tat Ng
Kar-Ying Law
Kit Ying Lam
Karen Mok
Johnny Kong
Shuming Lu
Jeffrey Lau
Athena Chu
Kin-Yan Lee
Li Po Lung
Joker / Monkey King
Assistant Master / Pigsy
Longevity Monk
Spider Woman
Pak Jing-Jing
Sha Wujing
Bull King
The Grapes
Zixia
...
Monkey Servant

Production Companies

Xi'an Film Studio

Distributors

Newport Entertainment (Hong Kong)
Media Asia Distribution (Hong Kong)

Release Dates

🇭🇰 January 21, 1995
🇨🇳 October 24, 2014

Also Known As

A Chinese Odyssey Part One: Pandora's Box (hk)
Xi you ji di yi bai ling yi hui zhi yue guang bao he (hk)
A Chinese Odyssey (und)
Daiwah saiyau (und)

Box-Office

Worldwide Box-Office
$1,499,696