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The Cave of the Silken Web

5.1 59 mins Adventure   Fantasy   Horror   1927
Shanghai Film Company   Shanghai Photoplay Company  
Director(s): Dan Duyu

One of the earliest cinematic adaptation of Chinese classic novel Journey to the West. When seeking for food alone, Tang Xuanzang was kept prisoner by seven spider monsters who took the form of seven beautiful women. The Monkey King and the other two of Xuanzang's disciples managed to rescue him with the help of Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva/Guanyin. They renounced the desire for lust and continued the quest for Buddhist Scriptures.

Casts of The Cave of the Silken Web

Yin Mingzhu

as The Spider Queen

Ng Man-Chiu

as Wukong, the monkey

Jiang Meikang

as Tang Xuanzang, the pilgrim

Zhou Hongquan

as Zhu Wuneng, the pig

Zhan Jiali

as Sha Wujing, the shark

Rongzhu He

as The Man in White

Peizhen Xia

as Second spider spirit

Dan Erchun

as Sandy

Baoqi Chen

as yellow flower Daoist spirit

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