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A Chinese Odyssey: Part One - Pandora's Box

1995 · 88 min · Director: Jeffrey Lau, Jeffrey Lau Chun-Wai ★ IMDb 7.5 · 9,706 ratings

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Fantasy adventure about the arrival of Buddhism in China. When the Goddess of Happiness tosses the Longevity Monk and his disciples out of heaven (because the Monkey King tried to attain immortality), the Monkey King is reincarnated as the Joker. He now spends his time chasing two jealous women. When one of them is dying, the Joker goes back in time in an attempt to save her.

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A Chinese Odyssey: Part One - Pandora's Box (1995) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Humor 35%, Love 20%, Excitement 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

35%Humor
20%Love
  1. Humor35%
  2. Love20%

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The strongest emotional signals are Humor, Love, Excitement. Genres: Comedy, Adventure, Action. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Humor, Love and Excitement. Its IMDb rating of 7.5/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 72/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Humor
  • Curiosity
  • Tension

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Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Humor
Curiosity
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Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 33 %, then peaks around 88 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityHumorCuriosityTension
2.5 %≈ 2′Humor62 %63 %33 %37 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Humor61 %65 %34 %35 %
12.5 %≈ 11′Humor65 %71 %30 %34 %
17.5 %≈ 15′Humor68 %74 %26 %34 %
22.5 %≈ 20′Humor68 %70 %28 %38 %
27.5 %≈ 24′Humor64 %61 %36 %39 %
32.5 %≈ 29′Humor59 %53 %44 %35 %
37.5 %≈ 33′Humor61 %57 %46 %26 %
42.5 %≈ 37′Humor66 %69 %44 %21 %
47.5 %≈ 42′Humor68 %69 %35 %33 %
52.5 %≈ 46′Humor69 %57 %32 %51 %
57.5 %≈ 51′Tension69 %50 %40 %59 %
62.5 %≈ 55′Humor68 %57 %44 %54 %
67.5 %≈ 59′Humor66 %65 %36 %43 %
72.5 %≈ 64′Humor65 %53 %33 %38 %
77.5 %≈ 68′Sadness66 %41 %41 %45 %
82.5 %≈ 73′Humor70 %48 %49 %54 %
87.5 %≈ 77′Tension75 %48 %53 %64 %
92.5 %≈ 81′Tension73 %41 %59 %56 %
97.5 %≈ 86′Curiosity65 %38 %63 %35 %
Riches to rags

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

KL
Kar-Ying Law

LK
Law Kar-Ying

Longevity Monk

YL
Yammie Lam Kit-Ying

Spider Demon

Karen Mok Man-Wai

White-Bone Demon / Pak Jing Jing

JK
Johnnie Kong

Sandy / Blindy

LS
Lu Shuming

King Bull

JL
Jeffrey Lau Chun-Wai

Grape Buddha

AC
Athena Chu Yan

Lin Zixia

LB
Li Baolong

AC
Ada Choi Siu-Fan

Princess Iron Fan

XJ
Xu Jingyi

HY
Hou Yan

Guanyin

Details

Written by
Jeffrey Lau, Cheng'en Wu, Jeffrey Lau Chun-Wai
Type
Movies
Released
1995
Runtime
88 min
Country
Hong Kong, China
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.5 · 9,706 ratings
Feels mostly
Humor
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