Monkey Monkey Turns Nursemaid (Season 1, Episode 2)
TV Episode | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Monkey

Monkey Turns Nursemaid (Season 1, Episode 2)

TV Episode | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Buddha sends a messenger to find a holy man to make the journey from China to India. She chooses the boy priest and bestows upon him the name Tripitaka. Joined by the irrepressible Monkey - with his magic wishing staff and magic powers.

Director

Jun Fukuda

Writers

Mamoru Sasaki (screenplay) | Cheng'en Wu (novel) (as Ch'eng-En Wu)

Producer

John Ledford

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Updated Oct 8, 1978

Release date

Oct 8, 1978 (Japan)

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27 cast members

Name	Known for
Masaaki Sakai Sun Wu-Kong (Monkey) Sun Wu-Kong (Monkey) See fewer	Kei×Yaku: Dangerous Partners (2022)
Toshiyuki Nishida Zhu Ba-Jie (Pigsy season 1) Zhu Ba-Jie (Pigsy season 1) See fewer	Free and Easy 14: Pilgrimage Panic! (2003)
Shirô Kishibe Sha Wu-Jing (Sandy) Sha Wu-Jing (Sandy) See fewer	Monkey (1978)
Masako Natsume Xuanzang Sanzang (Tripitaka) Xuanzang Sanzang (Tripitaka) See fewer	Onimasa (1982)
Takayuki Akutagawa Narrator (voice) Narrator (voice) See fewer	13 Assassins (1963)
Gareth Armstrong Sandy (voice) (version: English) Sandy (voice) (version: English) See fewer	A Gentlemen's Club (1988)
Cecile Chevreau Buddha (voice) (version: English) Buddha (voice) (version: English) See fewer	Monkey (1978)
David Collings Monkey (voice) (version: English) Monkey (voice) (version: English) See fewer	Scrooge (1970)
Shunji Fujimura Horse Horse See fewer	Death Note (2006)
Hiroshi Hasegawa Liu Hong Liu Hong See fewer	Lady Snowblood (1973)
Akihiko Hirata Yin Kaishan Yin Kaishan See fewer	Godzilla (1954)
Mitsuyuki Kusama Ryoko Ryoko See fewer	Monkey (1978)
Miriam Margolyes Actress (voice) (version: English) Actress (voice) (version: English) See fewer	The Age of Innocence (1993)
Peter Marinker Actor (voice) (version: English) Actor (voice) (version: English) See fewer	Labyrinth (1986)
Atsuo Nakamura Emperor Taizong Emperor Taizong See fewer	Shudan-sasen (1994)
Jun Negami Master Jin Master Jin See fewer	Afraid to Die (1960)
Andrew Sachs Horse (voice) (version: English) Horse (voice) (version: English) See fewer	Fawlty Towers (1975)
Homare Suguro Kanon Kanon See fewer	Monkey (1978)
Masao Takamatsu Homei Osho Homei Osho See fewer	Sûpâ jaiantsu - Uchû kaijin shutsugen (1958)
Mieko Takamine Buddha Nyorai Buddha Nyorai See fewer	The Inugami Family (1976)
Kaori Taniguchi Yin Wen Yin Wen See fewer	3000 kiro no wana (1971)
Taiji Tonoyama Kanon's Priest Kanon's Priest See fewer	Human (1962)
Eishin Tôno Egan Egan See fewer	Ultraman Taro (1973)
Sakae Umezu Land God of Gogyozan Land God of Gogyozan See fewer	Kamen Rider (1971)
Maria Warburg Tripitaka (voice) Tripitaka (voice) See fewer	Monkey (1978)
Peter Woodthorpe Pigsy (voice) Pigsy (voice) See fewer	The Lord of the Rings (1978)
Hitoshi Ômae Lord Black Wind Lord Black Wind See fewer	The Water Margin (1973)