# Alakazam the Great! (1960)

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**Original title**: *西遊記*
**Runtime**: 88 min
**Genres**: Animation, Fantasy, Adventure
**Directed by**: Taiji Yabushita, Daisaku Shirakawa
**Written by**: Keinosuke Uekusa, Goro Kontaibo, Hideyuki Takahashi
**Starring**: Kiyoshi Komiyama, Noriko Shindô, Hideo Kinoshita, Setsuo Shinoda, Nobuaki Sekine, Kunihisa Takeda

> *Duel of the Prehistoric Beasts! Summit Meeting of the Monsters!*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Journey to the West meets Looney Tunes. A monkey king’s magical antics land him in the doghouse with the gods. Sent on a cross-country road trip with a divine prince to atone, he learns that mischief has a mileage limit.

**Mood tags**: cozy, playful

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