The Monkey King and his friends try to break free from a ruler that takes them hostage. However, their exploits provoke the anger of a deity that decides to punish them for their actions.
Visual Effects
River God sequence is genuinely gorgeous nonsense.
Costume
Queen's wardrobe alone cost more than your house.
Production
Women's Kingdom set is bonkers maximalist fantasy.
Director
Soi Cheang
Aaron Kwok
The Monkey King
William Feng
Little Monk
Zhao Liying
Queen of Women's Kingdom
Xiao Shenyang
Zhu Bajie
Lo Chung-Him
Sha Wujing
Lin Chi-Ling
River God
Wang Luqing
Priestess Xia
Wang Xiaobai
Master of Ceremonies
Gigi Leung Wing-Kei
Advisor
Cecilia So Lai-Shan
Young Advisor
Shi Shi
Old Queen
Liu Tao
Guanyin
Hou Meng
Priest Chun
Kingdom Yuen King-Tan
Priest
Sun Yihan
Yang Zhi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Women's Kingdom is pulled from a classic Journey to the West chapter rarely adapted—this version cranks the romance to 11.
Zhao Liying filmed most of her scenes pregnant, which director Cheang cheekily mirrored with the river-pregnancy plotline.
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