The Monkey King: Havoc in Heaven (1961) on Netflix
NR19611h 54mActionAdventureAnimation
Sun Wukong, the King of the Monkeys, watches his subjects drill on the Flower and Fruit Mountain. When his own sword breaks, he goes looking for a weapon.
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Plot summary
Sun Wukong rules the Flower and Fruit Mountain as King of the Monkeys. He watches his subjects parade, and when he stages a display of his own, his royal sword snaps. An old monkey advises him to ask the Dragon King who rules the Eastern Sea for a weapon. At the palace, heavier and heavier weapons are brought out and rejected as too light, until the Dragon King shows him an enormous pillar that the gods once set to hold down the sea during the floods. It is the Compliant Golden-Hoop Rod, a magical staff of eight tons that can change its size, and Wukong carries it home. The Dragon King petitions the Jade Emperor to punish him, and the God of Venus suggests giving Wukong a minor post in Heaven to keep him under close supervision.
Cast
- Ke Bias Dragon King
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Monkey King: Havoc in Heaven (1961)
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- Havoc in Heaven was the last major animated film of the Second Golden Era of Cinema of China; a year later the Cultural Revolution effectively shut down the entire Chinese animation industry.
- Wan Guchan of the Wan Brothers began planning Havoc in Heaven after animating Princess Iron Fan in 1941, but the project was delayed for more than a decade by the Japanese capture of Shanghai in the Second Sino-Japanese War, and later by the Chinese Civil War.
- The Chinese title of Havoc in Heaven, 大闹天宫, became a colloquialism in the Chinese language used to describe someone making a mess.
- A fan-restoration project restored Havoc in Heaven to its original length by splicing together several sources: commercial releases and VHS recordings of original broadcasts.
