2 Season
52 Episode
Monkey - Season 2 Episode 19 The Fake Pilgrims
While taking a rest from their journey, the pilgrims are confronted by four sorcerors who are impersonating them. They plan to assassinate Tripitaka and his followers, to improve their ranking in the sorcery community. By wreaking havoc on villages, the imposters ensure that the real pilgrims are blamed and made unwelcome everywhere they go. Monkey decides that Tripitaka should continue alone for a while. The disciples split up, and become targeted by their clones. Will Tripitaka ever see them again?
- Year: 1980
- Country: China, Japan
- Genre: Action & Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Studio: Nippon TV
- Keyword: buddhism, martial arts, kung fu, based on novel or book, mythology, legend, mongolia, monkey, journey to the west, saiyuki, chinese mythology
- Director:
- Cast: Masaaki Sakai, Masako Natsume, Shiro Kishibe, Toshiyuki Nishida, Takayuki Akutagawa, Shunji Fujimura