A Chinese Odyssey
E704790
A Chinese Odyssey is a two-part 1995 Hong Kong fantasy-comedy film series loosely based on Journey to the West, renowned for its time-travel plot, Stephen Chow’s performance, and enduring cult following in Chinese-speaking regions.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| A Chinese Odyssey canonical | 3 |
| A Chinese Odyssey Part Two: Cinderella | 3 |
| A Chinese Odyssey Part One: Pandora's Box | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7968607 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A Chinese Odyssey Context triple: [Law Kar-ying, notableWork, A Chinese Odyssey]
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A.
The Wonders of the East
The Wonders of the East is an Old English illustrated marvels text that describes fantastical peoples, creatures, and places in distant lands.
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B.
O Mandarim
O Mandarim is a satirical novella by Portuguese writer Eça de Queirós that explores greed, morality, and the consequences of wish fulfillment through a fantastical tale about a clerk who can gain a fortune by causing the death of a distant Chinese mandarin.
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C.
Book of the Heavenly Cow
The Book of the Heavenly Cow is an ancient Egyptian religious text that recounts a divine myth of rebellion, destruction, and cosmic restoration involving the sun god and the sky cow goddess.
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D.
Book from the Sky
Book from the Sky is a landmark conceptual art installation by Chinese artist Xu Bing, featuring hand-printed books and scrolls filled with thousands of invented Chinese characters that resemble real script but are entirely unreadable.
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E.
High Road to China
High Road to China is a 1983 adventure-romance film set in the 1920s, following a wealthy heiress and a rugged pilot on a perilous aerial journey to find her missing father.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A Chinese Odyssey Target entity description: A Chinese Odyssey is a two-part 1995 Hong Kong fantasy-comedy film series loosely based on Journey to the West, renowned for its time-travel plot, Stephen Chow’s performance, and enduring cult following in Chinese-speaking regions.
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A.
The Wonders of the East
The Wonders of the East is an Old English illustrated marvels text that describes fantastical peoples, creatures, and places in distant lands.
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B.
O Mandarim
O Mandarim is a satirical novella by Portuguese writer Eça de Queirós that explores greed, morality, and the consequences of wish fulfillment through a fantastical tale about a clerk who can gain a fortune by causing the death of a distant Chinese mandarin.
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C.
Book of the Heavenly Cow
The Book of the Heavenly Cow is an ancient Egyptian religious text that recounts a divine myth of rebellion, destruction, and cosmic restoration involving the sun god and the sky cow goddess.
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D.
Book from the Sky
Book from the Sky is a landmark conceptual art installation by Chinese artist Xu Bing, featuring hand-printed books and scrolls filled with thousands of invented Chinese characters that resemble real script but are entirely unreadable.
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E.
High Road to China
High Road to China is a 1983 adventure-romance film set in the 1920s, following a wealthy heiress and a rugged pilot on a perilous aerial journey to find her missing father.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hong Kong film
ⓘ
fantasy-comedy film ⓘ film series ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Journey to the West: Pandora's Box and Cinderella
ⓘ
Sai yau gei ⓘ |
| basedOn | Journey to the West ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Hong Kong
ⓘ
linked to:
Hong Kong, China
|
| cultStatus | cult classic in Chinese cinema ⓘ |
| director | Jeffrey Lau ⓘ |
| distributor | Golden Harvest ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Sha Wujing
ⓘ
Sun Wukong ⓘ Tang Sanzang ⓘ
linked to:
Tang Monk in A Chinese Odyssey
Zhu Bajie ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
Hong Kong
ⓘ
linked to:
Hong Kong, China
|
| genre |
comedy film
ⓘ
fantasy film ⓘ romantic comedy film ⓘ |
| hasCultFollowingIn |
Chinese-speaking regions
ⓘ
Hong Kong ⓘ
linked to:
Hong Kong, China
Mainland China ⓘ
linked to:
China
Taiwan ⓘ
linked to:
Taiwan, Province of China
|
| hasPart |
A Chinese Odyssey Part One: Pandora's Box
ⓘ
linked to:
A Chinese Odyssey
A Chinese Odyssey Part Two: Cinderella ⓘ
linked to:
A Chinese Odyssey
|
| influenced | later Hong Kong fantasy-comedy films ⓘ |
| leadActorRole |
Stephen Chow as Joker / Monkey King
ⓘ
linked to:
Stephen Chow
|
| memorableQuote | Once upon a time, there was a sincere love in front of me... ⓘ |
| memorableQuoteLanguage | Cantonese ⓘ |
| musicBy | Raymond Wong Ying-wah ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Stephen Chow's comedic performance
ⓘ
time-travel plot ⓘ |
| notableScene | moonlight confession scene between Joker and Zixia ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Cantonese ⓘ |
| producer | Jeffrey Lau ⓘ |
| releaseDatePartOne | 1995-01-21 ⓘ |
| releaseDatePartTwo | 1995-02-04 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1995 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Jeffrey Lau ⓘ |
| setting | ancient China ⓘ |
| starring |
Athena Chu
ⓘ
Karen Mok ⓘ Law Kar-ying ⓘ Ng Man-tat ⓘ Stephen Chow ⓘ |
| theme |
love and destiny
ⓘ
reincarnation ⓘ time travel ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: A Chinese Odyssey Description of subject: A Chinese Odyssey is a two-part 1995 Hong Kong fantasy-comedy film series loosely based on Journey to the West, renowned for its time-travel plot, Stephen Chow’s performance, and enduring cult following in Chinese-speaking regions.
Referenced by (8)
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