Pigsy Eats Watermelon (Chinese: 猪八戒吃西瓜; pinyin: Zhu Bajie Chi Xigua) is a 1958 Chinese animation short film produced at the Shanghai Animation Film Studio by Wan Laiming and Wan Guchan. It is also translated as "Mr. Pig Eats Watermelon" or "Zhu Bajie Eats Watermelon". Wan Guchan innovated a new paper-cut technique and this film was the first to utilize the method.

Pigsy Eats Watermelon
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Release date
  • 1958 (1958)
Running time
20 min
CountryChina
LanguageMandarin

Story

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The main character was Zhu Bajie, the Chinese folklore character from the literature Journey to the West. Though the story was considered more of a spin-off. The character was used, since pigs were often associated with greed in the culture.

Creators

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English Chinese
Screenplay by Bao Lei 包蕾
Directed by Wan Guchan 萬古蟾
Assistant Director and Photography Chen Zhenghong 陈正鸿
Music by Wu Yingju 吴应矩
Graphic Design Zhan Tongxuan
Xie Yougen
詹同渲
谢友根
Choreography Hu Jinqing
Qian Jiajun
Shen Zuwei
Che Hui
胡进庆
钱家俊
沈祖慰
车慧

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