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Origin: Taiwan
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Language:
Mandarin
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Genre:
Martial Arts
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Theatrical Run (HK): 11/18/1971 - 12/01/1971
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Box Office: HK $678,320.9
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Ming Dynasty noblewoman Yang must escape from the evil eunuch Hsu. She seeks refuge in a decrepit town where she gets assistance from a naive scholar and a group of mysterious, yet powerful, monks. [Tai Seng dvd sleeve]
Commenced in 1969, released in 1975. Originally running to 4 hours' screen time, a 200 minute version was later shown at Cannes and released in the West. The movie has nothing to do with Zen Buddhism - the English title was meant as a selling point to the (then) Zen-obsessed Westerners. [Iain Sinclair]
One of the first "modern" wuxia flicks to get wide art house distribution in the west (it hit London in 1981 and Houston in 1984). Considered by many to be the best ever made in the genre. [Anonymous] |
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