Hey SC, thanks for the info about "Monkey" and Masako, I never saw that, but now I'll try to find a dvd or whatever exists. The actual Chinese "Monkey" fable is really about the monk who first brought Buddhist scriptures to China from India. As a little girl, it was one my daughter's favourite stories . . she had a great illustrated kid's version of the tale. We even have the little figurines of Monkey, Piggy and the priest and a couple of others I forget. Good stuff!
cheers!