She captures the demon in her magic bag to turn it into a puppet, but it bursts out of the bag and transforms into a huge boar, collapsing the building. Duan bursts into the restaurant, destroys all the zombies, and attacks the pig demon. Sanzang sees through the illusion and recognizes them as reanimated corpses of the victims, as well as the demon's nine-toothed rake. Sanzang comes to the same restaurant, this time apparently filled with people. His master reaffirms his humanist philosophy and sends Sanzang off again to find "enlightenment".Ī couple enters an empty restaurant but the chef reveals himself to be a pig demon and kills them. Disillusioned, Sanzang meets his master and bemoans his lack of capabilities compared to more aggressive demon-hunters. Sanzang tells Duan that his master taught him a more humane approach to use nursery rhymes to coax goodness out of demons, a tactic Duan scoffs at. Another demon hunter, Duan, captures and turns the demon into a puppet. Sanzang then opens a book of nursery rhymes and begins singing to the demon. Sanzang frees himself and along with the survivors, manages to beach the creature which turns into a man. The real demon reemerges and kills many of the villagers. The villagers ignore him and string him up due to the priest's provocation. Sanzang, a self-proclaimed demon hunter, appears to warn the villagers that the animal is not the true demon. A Taoist priest kills a giant manta ray and insists that it is the demon. The story takes place before Tang Sanzang got his disciples and embarked on the Journey to the West.Ī riverside village is terrorized by a mysterious aquatic creature. The film is a loose comedic re-interpretation of the 16th-century novel Journey to the West, a Chinese literary classic often believed to be written by Wu Cheng'en.Ī sequel, Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back, written and produced by Chow and directed by Tsui Hark, was released on January 28, 2017. The movie was first announced in July 2011 and was released on Februin China. 降魔篇) is a 2013 fantasy comedy film co-written and produced by Stephen Chow and co-directed by Chow and Derek Kwok. Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons ( Chinese: 西遊
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