As the owner of a film company that has been running for more than ten years and is currently the second largest film company in Japan, Tang Ning originally thought that he had enough understanding of the film and television drama industry, and there should be nothing that could shock him or frighten him, no matter how strange the plot or character setting should be strange, but when he saw the latest TV series "Journey to the West" that was popular on Fuji Channel, he completely collapsed.

For Tang Ning, a person born in the 80s, CCTV's 1986 version of "Journey to the West" is an indelible classic in memory, although there are only more than 20 episodes, but the plot, characters, scenes and even lines in it are deeply remembered by everyone, so that in everyone's impression, Sun Wukong should be like a six-year-old child.

But in fact, the first TV series of "Journey to the West" was not this version, and it was not even filmed by Chinese, although these are China's four famous works, and the first TV series of "Journey to the West" was Japan. In fact, the Japanese have a very deep study of Chinese culture, especially "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", which is highly respected in Japan, and the energy and time invested by the Japanese in the study of the Three Kingdoms is definitely not less than that of the Chinese, and the Japanese should do much better in the popularization of the Three Kingdoms, not to mention anything else, I believe that many friends' understanding of the Three Kingdoms comes from Japan's Three Kingdoms game

Speaking of "Journey to the West", this TV series with only 11 episodes was broadcast on Fuji Channel, and the ratings were extremely high, and several leading actors were also popular for a while, which shows that Japanese audiences still like it very much, but Tangning can't accept it completely from a completely Chinese point of view.

Because there are too many changes in this TV series, first of all, Tang Seng here is actually played by a woman, although the original book of "Journey to the West" has always emphasized that our Elder Tang is a beautiful man with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, red lips and white teeth, whether it is a female monster or a female king, he can't walk when he sees him. But that's not the reason for you to feminize him, you can find a little white face to play him, there is no such little white face in Japan.

Of course, this Natsume Masako, who plays Tang Seng, is really beautiful, and it is a combination of beauty and nobility, and this image is a great success. Just like the six-year-old child has become the symbol of CCTV's "Journey to the West", in the minds of the Japanese, Masako Natsume is the 78 "Journey to the West"? The spokesperson of Tang Seng and the incarnation of Tang Seng. Her success directly led to the fact that all subsequent versions of Tang Seng were played by beautiful actresses, and compared them one by one - Rie Miyazawa, Eri Fukatsu - almost every "Tang Seng" had to be baptized in critical eyes and spittle.

At the same time, the influence of Sakai Masazhang's image of the Monkey King is also very large, especially the use of sticky hair on the face instead of sketching the face, which pointed out a new direction for all the monkey stylists later, even the image of the Monkey King played by Liu Xiaolingtong is also sticky hair. And it's sticky hair all over the body. Of course, in Tang Ning's opinion, no one can compare to the image of Monkey King. However, the image of Sakai Masaaki is still very recognized in Japan, Shingo Katori is so handsome, and later he was scolded for playing Monkey King, and the audience's reference is the 1978 version. Downing can't understand this, in his opinion, this thing played by Sakai Masaaki can be said to be a gorilla or Ultraman. It just can't be said that he is the Monkey King, especially the one that jumped out of the stone. It's unacceptable.

Let's talk about a subversive image, whether it is in the original work of "Journey to the West" or in the folk image, Guanyin Bodhisattva is a female image with kind eyebrows and kind eyes, saving suffering and rescuing, but in this version, the actor of Guanyin is actually a man. This made Tang Ning collapse, don't you say this is nonsense, you use a woman to play what should be a man's image, and you use a man to play a woman's image

Of course, then again. In fact, in the authentic Buddhist image, Guanyin is still a man, he himself is a Taoist Cihang real person, and then he voted for Buddhism, and then he didn't know how to gradually become a female image in the people, and even responsible for sending children, you say a big man, how can he have this function?

Not only the image and gender of Guanyin have been subverted, but even the Buddha has also been subverted. The Buddha, who was supposed to be fat-headed, big-eared, and dignified, actually became a woman here, and he looked very good. The beautiful Tang Seng, the gorgeous Rulai, and the very MAN Guanyin, this combination is no wonder our old Tang comrades can't accept it

There is also a character that is also very interesting, that is, the Golden Horn and Silver Horn that we are all familiar with, originally a pair of brothers, but it turned out to be a loving couple here, and the actor who played the Silver Horn King is so sexy, it is said that he made that film.

However, this TV series still has advantages, that is, the special effects are very good, which is a grade higher than CCTV, especially the beginning of the opening of the world and chaos, which is very imposing and feeling. There is also the "Three Dozen White Bone Spirits", an injured young woman asked Tang Seng to carry her on the mountain road, and this young woman gradually turned into a hideous rockery and suppressed Tang Seng. This "gradient" stunt shot is very realistic.

In fact, there are a lot of things worth complaining about, such as why did Monk Sha design him like a kappa, is it because he stayed in the water all day before? Why did you make Marshal Tianpeng and General Rolling Shutter look like a pair of good friends when you were in Heavenly Court, don't you know how normal the sexual orientation of the second senior brother is in the original book? And although Sha Seng said that his official position is a rolling shutter general, then do you think he is really only responsible for rolling shutters? That's too honest, isn't it?!!

This film was banned after only 3 episodes in China, so we made our own Journey to the West. That is, the 86 version of Journey to the West, but the 86 version of Journey to the West and the Japanese version of Journey to the West are almost the same, such as the Monkey King and Rulai bet, and then being pressed in the Five Elements Mountain, the footage is almost the same. And although Japan's version of Journey to the West has a lot to complain about, compared to Journey to the West filmed in other countries, this is already very reliable. (In fact, Hong Kong has filmed a version of "Journey to the West", which is really a god of creativity and a god of brains, especially the part of Guanyin teaching Tang Seng to tighten the spell, which is really amazing, if you can find it, the old driver is welcome to take a look, and children with pure thoughts should not go to see it.) (To be continued.) )