A Chinese Odyssey Part One: Pandora's Box
Jan 21 1995
•1h 28m
•Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Comedy, Romance
When the Goddess of Happiness tosses the Longevity Monk and his disciples out of heaven (because the Monkey King tried to attain immortality), the Monkey King is reincarnated as the Joker. He now spends his time chasing two jealous women. When one of them is dying, the Joker goes back in time in an attempt to save her.
Cast
See allStephen Chow
Joker / Monkey King
Karen Mok Man-Wai
White-Bone Demon / Pak Jing Jing
Yammie Lam Kit-Ying
Spider Demon
Richard Ng Man-Tat
Piggy
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