The Lost Empire
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Randall Duk Kim
Jeremy Zhang
Hon Ping Tang
Simon Bernstein
Kwong Loke
Yuka Uto
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Miniseries based on the 16th century classic of Chinese literature, "Journey to the West," by Cheng-en Wu. In this updated version of the classic, Nick Orton is on a quest to find a rescue a famous Chinese manuscript -- "Journey to the West" -- from a group of demons who have kept it and author Wu prisoner in a mythical underground world.
Nick, 35, is a China scholar-turned-business consultant whose world-weary cynicism belies a poet's heart. While on an archeological dig of secret Chinese tombs, Nick's epic adventure begins by a "chance" meeting with Kwan Ying, a beautiful goddess sent by the Terracotta Warriors (who recognize Nick as the "Scholar from Above") to recruit him for the heroic task of rescuing the manuscript within three days -- or face the world's end. is recruited by a goddess to save the world by battling the malevolent spirits of the "Five Traditional Masters." His heroic mission is to prevent them from erasing a vital manuscript without which, mythology dictates, civilization will be crushed -- but along the way, he also discovers the true meaning of love.
Though initially rebuffing the challenge, Nick wonders if he isn't supposed to accept the mission when the earth begins to shiver and shake. He then descends into the tombs where he frees the powerful Monkey King, a god who has been trapped for 500 years. Here begins a mentor-student relationship as Monkey King teaches Nick the skills of the noble warrior. In return, Monkey King learns something about the human heart. Together with Monkey King's sidekicks, Pigsy, a wig that walks like a human, and Friar Sand, a dour behemoth, they battle against Shu the Censor, enemy of the manuscript, and his army of demons.
For Nick, however, the battles are both internal and external. Not only must he defeat Shu and rescue "Journey to the West," but he must also convince Wu, its disheartened author, that his work matters. And when Nick falls in love with Kwan Ying, he must choose between stripping her of her powers, or letting her go.
Cast
Randall Duk Kim
Jeremy Zhang
Hon Ping Tang
Simon Bernstein
Kwong Loke
Yuka Uto
Nicholas Lee
Hossan Leong
Bai Ling
Eddie Marsan
Chester See
Andy Finson
Ozzie Yue
Stiven Liang
Teo Wa
Chia Suan
Henry O
Pik-sen Lim
Ian U Chong
Burt Kwouk
Gregory Teo
Andrew Seow
Lim Kay Siu
Takatsuna Mukai
Thomas Gibson
Marjorie Ho
Cecil Cheng
Russell Wong
Yu Beng Lim
Olga Sosnovska
Jacqui Chan
Anthony Chinn
Richard Ng
Picasso Tan
Steven Woon
Ric Young
Terence Beesley
Kabir Bedi
Stuart Ong
Annette Badland
James Faulkner
Crew
Adam Aldridge
David Allday
Nik Allder
John Altman
Mark Ardington
Martin Asbury
Julia Ashby
Dimitri Bakalov
Keith Barton
John Bateman
Gary E Beach
Marc Beros
Oscar Beuselinck
Jean Bourne
Nathalie Buce
Chas Cash
Francesca Castellano
Victor Cervenka
Jeff Clifford
David Connell
Laurent Cordier
John N Davey
Karen Dawson
Karen Dawson
Lucy Denny
Keith Devlin
Peter Drozda
Carol L Dudley
Catherine Duncan
John C. Ferguson
Johnny Fontana
Miroslav Fozo
Alan Freedman
Luke Furlonger
Adrian Getley
Andy Glen
Karman Graham
Sean Gray
Johanna Graysmark
Charlie Green
Colin Green
Helen Gregory
Isobel Griffiths
Matt Grimes
Martin Grosup
Todd Grove
Elizabeth Hagen
Mikael Hakansson
Robert Halmi
Robert Halmi Jr.
James Hambridge
Steven Harding
Steven Harding
Jim Healy
Erik Heinila
Kate Higham
Martin Hitchcock
Michal Holubec
Dean Humphries
David Henry Hwang
David Henry Hwang
Dag Ivarsoy
Renata Janouskova
Deborah Jarvis
Marianne Jenkins
Tom Jenkins
Milan Jirsa
Matt Johnson
Jon Jones
Jonas Juhanson
Wang Chung Kang
Karen Khoo
Patrick Kinney
George Komrower
Martin Krauka
Lynn Kressel
Paul Ladd
Katerina Lahadova
Mike Lambert
Paul Lambert
Barbara Lane
Marese Langan
Christa Langhammer
Sharon Lark
Mathias Larserud
Daniel Laurie
Jeremy Lazare
Chris Learmouth
Jean Lee
Alex Lemke
Tony Lewis
Penny Leyton
Josef Lojik
Viktor Lonek
Jeremy Lovett
James Manning
Danny Margetts
Martin Martinec
Marcia Matthew
Carolyn Mcleod
Mark Michaels
Lisa Moore
Michael Mulholland
Johnny Mulligan
Jonathan Neil
Don Ng
Mike O'farrell
Helena Palmer
Ron Phillips
Kieron Phipps
Steve Price
Mark Ramsey
Roman Rigo
Adrian Samuels
Olivier Sarda
Janine Schneider
Bjorn Schroeder
Terry Schubert
Amy Segal
Danny Shelmerdine
Loulia Sheppard
Laura Sivakova
Alex Mein Smith
Debra Smith
Lesley Smith
Pavel Solc
Andrew Stirk
Michaela Strnadova
Hoh Tze Swen
Colin Thurston
Richard Toddman
Marketa Tom
Ludvik Tomasek
Sarah Touaibi
Ridley Tsui
Dick Tummell
Dominic Tuohy
Pavel Typolt
Aneta Valaskova
Richard Van Den Bergh
Karel Vanasek
Dan Victoire
Andy Walker
Frank Walsh
Rosemary Warren-green
Michelle Weller
Berndt Wiese
David S Williams
Grace Wong
Gavyn Wright
I-lann Marie Yee
Vavra Zdenek
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Aired in United States March 11, 2001
Aired in United States March 12, 2001
Released in United States on Video June 19, 2001
Previous title: "The Monkey King."
Began shooting April 7, 2000.
Completed shooting early July 2000.
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