"Sanzaru" redirects here. For the game company, see Sanzaru Games. "See no evil hear no evil" redirects here. For the 1989 comedy film, see See No Evil, Hear No Evil (film). The three wise monkeys at the Tōshō-gū shrine in Nikkō, Japan The three wise monkeys are a Japanese pictorial maxim, embodying the proverbial principle "see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil".[1] The three monkeys are Mizar