Dragon Ball: The Magic Begins

(1991)

★ 4.2 IMDb · 100 votes

Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Comedy

Year: 1991

Runtime: 90 мин

Country: Hong Kong, Taiwan

Director: Chen Chun-Liang

Cast: Chen Chi-Chiang, Jeannie Hsieh, 鄭同村, Pang San, Wong Chung-Yue, Philip So Yuen-Fung, Chin Tu, Lee Yee-Kuen, Chiang Long-Sheng, Eveline Oranje

Plot

An unauthorized live-action adaptation of the Dragon Ball manga, it follows a band of misfit adventurers trying to stop King Horn and his goal to collect all seven Dragon Balls, and his wish of ultimate power.

The evil alien King Horn has attacked the planet Earth in search of the seven magic Dragon Pearls in order to to conquer mankind and rule the universe. He begins his plan by acquiring two of the Pearls, along with kidnapping Sparkle, a guardian of one of the Pearls. Sparkle's grandson, the Monkey Boy, now sets out on a quest to stop the King, picking up a ragtag band of comrades: the tech-savvy Y-Tou, a fat shape-shifter named Piggy, the rogue bandit Westfoot, and the aged but perverted Turtle Hermit. This gang is the only hope against the King... if they don't steal the Pearls for themselves.