Alakazam the Great

(Saiyûki)

Basics

A film directed by Daisaku Shirakawa, Taiji Yabushita, Osamu Tezuka
1960 | 88 minutes | Colour | Mono | 2.35 : 1

Synopsis

A  monkey king who learns the secrets of magic goes on a spree and
causes no end of aggravation for the gods, who finally imprison him. In order to make up for all the trouble  he's  caused,  he  is  sent  on  a
mission  to  accompany  a  prince  who  is  the  son  of the gods on a
journey through a land filled with  dangers,  monsters,  cannibals  and
demons.

Main Cast

Kiyoshi Komiyama
Noriko Shindô
Hideo Kinoshita
Setsuo Shinoda
Nobuaki Sekine
Kunihisa Takeda
Katsuko Ozaki
Michiko Shirasaka
Kinshirô Iwao
Tamae Kato
Kiyoshi Kawakubo
Shûichi Kazamatsuri
Frankie Avalon
Sterling Holloway
Jackie Joseph
Son Gokû (voice)
RinRin (voice)
Cho Hakkai (voice)
Sa Gojô (voice)
Sanzô hôshi (voice)
Shaka-nyorai (voice)
Kanzeon-bosatsu (voice)
Shoryo (voice)
Gyûmaô (voice)
Rasetsu-jo (voice)
Kinkaku daiô (voice)
Ginkaku daiô (voice)
Alakazam (singing voice)
Narrator (voice)
(voice)

Production Companies

Alta Vista Productions
Toei Animation

Distributors

Toei Company (Japan)
American International Pictures (AIP) (USA)

Release Dates

🇯🇵 August 14, 1960
🇺🇸 July 14, 1961
🇬🇧 June 21, 1963

Also Known As

Journey to the West (int)
西遊記 (jp)
The Magic Land of Alakazam (und)
Alakazam the Great! (us)