Japanese romance version spoofs the famous work Wukong and the banshee fall in love (Figure)

　　Japanese version of The Journey to the West stills, with the Monkey King in the middle.

　　Japanese version of The Journey to the West Tangseng modeling

　　Japanese version of The Journey to the West mentoring four people.

　　The Monkey King’s six-year-old boy once said angrily that "masterpieces can be adapted, but there must be a bottom line, and you can’t change them blindly". However, the Japanese made a romantic version of the film The Journey to the West, which was accused by netizens from China of "destroying the original theme" when it was promoted at the Cannes Film Festival last year. Although the film was not released in China, yesterday, the reporter found the full version of the film on Sina Podcast Channel. Although it was uploaded only for more than a day, it has been questioned and criticized by many netizens.

　　In the Japanese version of The Journey to the West, Tang’s monk is played by acting actress Eri Fukatsu, while Katori Shingo, a member of Japanese youth idol group SMAP, plays the Monkey King with some "rogue" temperament, and famous Japanese comedians Teruyoshi Uchimura and Atsushi It? play the sand monk and Pig Bajie respectively. However, in dressing up, Tang Priest, who was supposed to be wearing a cassock, became white, the Monkey King put on an exaggerated mini-skirt, and Pig Bajie wore a red and green hat like a clown. What’s more, several disciples are grumpy, and they always come to fight, and the Monkey King, who is brave and wise, has become a lazy person.

　　In terms of storyline, this Japanese film The Journey to the West is also quite meaningless: Master Sanzang, who aims at learning Buddhist scriptures from Tianzhu, learns Buddhist scriptures with his disciples Wukong, Friar Sand and Pig, and meets the princess Lingmei of a small country on the way. Lingmei originally came from a rich desert country, but the monster Jinjiao and the Yinjiao brothers turned her parents into turtles. Lingmei hoped that the four men and women would help her punish the monster. However, the monster is very difficult to deal with. Lingmei and Wukong are forced to the end by the monster instead … What is even more incredible is that in the film, the Monkey King talks about love with the banshee.

　　Once this video was spread on the Internet, it immediately triggered a heated discussion among netizens. Many angry netizens said that it was "rubbish" to shoot China’s classic works like this. However, some netizens said: The Japanese have ruined the theme of The Journey to the West, which is an insult to The Journey to the West. What’s the use of our accusations and anger? Instead of this, we might as well make our own movie The Journey to the West, and let the real original the Monkey King and Tang Priest go to the world. It is also suggested that China should legislate to protect famous works as soon as possible, and China’s cultural heritage must not be turned into a "cultural legacy". Chengdu Business Daily Pan Yuan

Editor: Zhou Zhongxiao