Season 1, Episode 2

Monkey Turns Nursemaid

Air Date: 1978-10-08

Overview: Buddha sends a messenger, the Boddhisattva Kuan-yin the Compassionate, to find a holy man to make the journey from China to India to fetch the large vehicle scriptures. She chooses the boy priest Hsüan Tsang, and bestows upon him the name Tripitaka. Joined by the irrepressible Monkey - with his magic wishing staff and magic powers - and a talking horse, this could be a journey to remember...

Runtime: 45 minutes

Cast

Masaaki Sakai

Masako Natsume

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Shiro Kishibe

Toshiyuki Nishida

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Takayuki Akutagawa

Shunji Fujimura

David Collings

Gareth Armstrong

Peter Woodthorpe

Miriam Margolyes

Andrew Sachs

Crew

Jun Fukuda

Mamoru Sasaki