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| Journey to the West II | |||||||||||
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| Chinese name | |||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 西遊記 (貳) | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 西游记 (贰) | ||||||||||
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| Genre | Chinese mythology, shenmo, fantasy, adventure | ||||||||||
| Based on | Journey to the West by Wu Cheng'en | ||||||||||
| Screenplay by | Cheung Wah-biu | ||||||||||
| Directed by | Fong Chun-chiu | ||||||||||
| Starring | Benny Chan Kwong Wah Wayne Lai Evergreen Mak | ||||||||||
| Narrated by | Jimmy Kwok | ||||||||||
| Theme music composer | Aki Kubota | ||||||||||
| Opening theme | Chui Yat Nim (取一念) performed by Benny Chan | ||||||||||
| Country of origin | Hong Kong | ||||||||||
| Original language | Cantonese | ||||||||||
| No. of episodes | 42 | ||||||||||
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| Producer | Lau Sze-yu | ||||||||||
| Production location | Hong Kong | ||||||||||
| Running time | 45 minutes per episode | ||||||||||
| Production company | TVB | ||||||||||
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| Network | TVB Jade | ||||||||||
| Release | 26 October – 19 December 1998 | ||||||||||
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| Journey to the West (1996) | |||||||||||
Journey to the West II is a Hong Kong television series adapted from the 16th-century novel Journey to the West. The series was produced by TVB and was first broadcast on TVB Jade in Hong Kong from October to December 1998. It is a sequel to the 1996 television series Journey to the West, also produced by TVB, which covered only the first half of the novel. Benny Chan takes over the role of the Monkey King from Dicky Cheung in Journey to the West II, while the other principal cast members Kwong Wah, Wayne Lai and Evergreen Mak reprise their roles from the previous series.[citation needed]