from 109 families after initial production disputes, eventually becoming the highest-grossing animated film in China at the time of its release. Plot Overview The story centers on Sun Wukong

The film reimagines the early life of Sun Wukong, the legendary Monkey King, and his first encounter with the monk who would one day become his master, Tang Sanzang. The story begins 500 years after the Monkey King's infamous rebellion against the heavens, for which he was imprisoned in an ice cage deep within a mountain. Five centuries later, a young and naively brave orphaned boy named , who idolizes the fabled Monkey King, inadvertently breaks the mystical seal, freeing the imprisoned hero.

Doua Moua, Zhang Wei, Yin Guo, Guo Wei

Before 2015, the Chinese domestic animation market was dominated by low-budget children's programming. Hero is Back changed the landscape entirely.

Released in 2015, Monkey King: Hero is Back (directed by Tian Xiaopeng) is a milestone in Chinese animation (huachan).

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, fleeing a monster attack on his village, accidentally breaks the seal on Wukong's prison. The Conflict