A Chinese Odyssey

A Chinese Odyssey
Hong Kong Blu-ray disc box set
Directed byJeffrey Lau
Screenplay byJeffrey Lau
Based onJourney to the West
by Wu Cheng'en
Produced byYeung Kwok-fai
Starring
Cinematography
  • Poon Hang-sang
  • Ray Wong
  • William Yim
Edited byHai Kit-wai
Music by
Production
companies
  • Xi'an Film Studio
  • Choi Sing Film Company
Distributed by
Release dates
  • 21 January 1995 (1995-01-21) (Part 1)
  • 4 February 1995 (1995-02-04) (Part 2)
Running time
Part 1: 87 minutes
Part 2: 95 minutes
CountryHong Kong
LanguageCantonese
Box office
  • Part 1: HK$25,093,380
  • Part 2: HK$20,872,117; CN¥189.202 million (mainland China)
A Chinese Odyssey Part One: Pandora's Box
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
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinXīyóujì Dì Yībǎilíngyī Huí Zhī Yuèguāng Bǎohé
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingSai1-jau4-gei3 Dai6 Jat1-baak3-ling4-jat1 Wui4 Zi1 Jyut6-gwong1 Bou2-hap6
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
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinXīyóujì Dà Jiéjú Zhī Xiānlǚ Qíyuán
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingSai1-jau4-gei3 Dai6 Git3-guk6 Zi1 Sin1-leoi5 Kei4-jyun4

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.