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S01E02: Monkey Turns NursemaidBuddha 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...
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Air Date:
Oct 08, 1978
Runtime:
43 minutes
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Masaaki Sakai, Masako Natsume, Shiro Kishibe, Toshiyuki Nishida, Takayuki Akutagawa, Shunji Fujimura, David Collings, Gareth Armstrong, Peter Woodthorpe, Miriam Margolyes, Andrew Sachs
