A Chinese Odyssey
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| Directed by | Jeffrey Lau |
| Screenplay by | Jeffrey Lau |
| Based on | Journey to the West by Wu Cheng'en |
| Produced by | Yeung Kwok-fai |
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| Edited by | Hai Kit-wai |
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Running time | Part 1: 87 minutes Part 2: 95 minutes |
| Country | Hong Kong |
| Language | Cantonese |
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| A Chinese Odyssey Part One: Pandora's Box | |||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 西遊記第壹佰零壹回之月光寶盒 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 西游记第一百零一回之月光宝盒 | ||||||||||
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| A Chinese Odyssey Part Two: Cinderella | |||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 西遊記大結局之仙履奇緣 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 西游记大结局之仙履奇缘 | ||||||||||
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A Chinese Odyssey is a two-part 1995 Hong Kong fantasy-comedy film directed by Jeffrey Lau, starring Stephen Chow, Athena Chu, Ng Man-tat, Yammie Lam, Karen Mok, Law Kar-ying, Lu Shuming and Ada Choi. It is a spin-off of the 16th-century Chinese novel Journey to the West, following the adventures of Sun Wukong when he gets sidetracked while escorting Tang Sanzang on his quest to fetch the Buddhist scriptures. The first part is titled A Chinese Odyssey Part One: Pandora's Box (西遊記第壹佰零壹回之月光寶盒), while the second part is titled A Chinese Odyssey Part Two: Cinderella (西遊記大結局之仙履奇緣).
A third film, A Chinese Odyssey Part Three, was released in China on 14 September 2016.
The line "10,000 years" in the film became one of the most popular buzzwords for Chinese-language films, with a Google search count of 21.9 million.