Dragon Ball: The Magic Begins

Dragon Ball: The Magic Begins (known in Asia as Xīn Qī Lóng Zhū[1]) is a 1991 Taiwanese live-action action comedy fantasy movie loosely based on manga Dragon Ball, directed by Chun-Liang Chen.

Dragon Ball: The Magic Begins
Directed byChun-Liang Chen
Produced byChun-Liang Chen
Kai-Ping Cheung
Written byScreenplay:
Ching Kang Yao
Manga:
Akira Toriyama
StarringChi-Chiang Chen
Jeannie Hsieh
Tung-Chuan Cheng
San Peng
Chung-Yu Huang
Tu Chin
Ruan-Feng Su
Music byAllan Ko
CinematographySam Chan
Edited byGrand Cheung
Production
company
Filmswell International Ltd.
My Way Film Company
Yes Films Company Ltd.
Distributed byFirst Films (Philippines)
Release date
  • November 1, 1991 (1991-11-01) (Taiwan)
Running time
86 minutes
90 minutes
CountryTaiwan
LanguageTaiwanese
English

Chronologically speaking, this is the second live-action adaptation of Akira Toriyama's "Dragon Ball" manga (although an unlicensed and therefore unofficial adaptation).

Synopsis

The earth has seven dragon balls, and each dragon ball has one to seven stars, and the seven dragon balls are scattered all over the world. When someone collects all the dragon balls, he can summon Shenlong. At this time, he can make a wish, and Shenlong will help you realize it. A certain village is holding a handover ceremony for the new village head, and the process also includes a town treasure "Dragon Ball". At this time, the alien Bull Demon King suddenly descended from the sky, led his men to break into the village, and successfully captured the Dragon Ball. Because the Bull Demon King knows that as long as he gets seven dragon balls, he hopes to control all mankind, and now he has got two dragon balls. So the Bull Demon King sent Sparta and Maria to search for the five Dragon Balls scattered in other places in order to realize his dream of conquering the world. Bull Demon King's subordinates found the four-star dragon ball from Sun Wufan, killed Sun Wuhan and took the dragon ball away. Goku, who just met the girl, finds Gohan dead, feels very sad and wants to take revenge. On the way, they meet Leping and Oolong, and prepare to challenge the Bull Demon King with Guixianren. In the end, it was found that Sun Wuhan was not dead, and it was revealed that the Dragon Balls were all in the belly of the Bull Demon King. Wukong used the golden cudgel to drive the last dragon ball into the belly of the bull devil, thus summoning the dragon. So the daughter of the village chief at the beginning of the movie made a wish to bring everyone back to life, and everyone was happy.

Cast

Role name Actor Based on
Monkey Boy Chi-Chiang Chen (voice: Liu Xiaoyun ) Son Goku
Sparkle Tu Chin Son Gohan Sr.
Turtle Man Chung-Yu Huang (voice: Sun Decheng ) Muten Roshi
Seetou Jeannie Hsieh (voice: Lin Fangxue ) Bulma Briefs
Westwood Tung-Chuan Cheng Yamcha
Piggy San Peng Oolong
King Horn Ruan-Feng Su King Gourmeth
Zebrata Long-Sheng Jiang Bongo
Malilia Eveline Oranje Raven
Jen-Jen's Father Ying-Hung Chiu Pansy's Father
Jen-Jen Yi-Juan Li Pansy

Production

The film was mostly shot in the forests of Nantou County, Taiwan, with some scenes also shot in Thailand.

Copyright dispute

In the 2008 " Who's in charge tonight " program, artist Chen Ziqiang recalled that this movie was released on December 20, 1986 as the Dragon Ball animation film by Japan's Shueisha and Toei Animation after obtaining the authorization from Japan's Shueisha and Toei Animation. " Dragon Ball Legend of the Dragon " was adapted as a blueprint. It premiered in Taiwan in November 1991 , and a remake was made in 1996 (2007), and the special effects were changed to computer animation .

Another argument is that fans of the "Dragon Ball Series" insisted that this film was filmed and screened without authorization, and this film has violated copyright laws and regulations.

External links

  1. 新七龍珠, lit. "New Dragon Ball"