Havoc in Heaven

The King of the Apes ( Chinese:大 闹天宫, Da nao tian gong ) is a Chinese animated film, directed by Wan Laiming. It is based on the history of the Asian legendary figure of Sun Wukong, as described in the classic epic Journey to the West.

Action

The plot is based on the first chapters of Journey to the West, which describe how the monk Xuanzang Sanzang is accompanied on his journey by three mythical figures, of which the ape -like Sun Wukong the, with its blend of impetuous behavior, great courage strange sense of humor and sometimes surprising wisdom is the true main character of the story. The other attendants are Sha Wujing or Sha Gojo, a water demon or half demon (depending on source) and Zhu Bajie or Cho Hakkai, a man who became a porcine demon, after he had killed a thousand pigs.

The film focuses on Sun Wukong and his chaotic anarchist rebellion against the divine order and the prevailing Jade Emperor in heaven, at the end he presents himself as the king of all the monkeys.

Background

The king of the monkeys was 1964-1965 as hitherto most ambitious Chinese animation project, however, was sharply criticized in the light of the Cultural Revolution and only listed very limited. Only in the course of time he became the model for almost all Chinese animation cinema.

The English title of Havoc in Heaven ( formerly: Uproar in Heaven) to German as " rebellion in heaven " corresponds, rather the Chinese大 闹天宫, which has become in the mandarin -speaking world to a proverbial expression for the serving of Chaos.