This is a musical about a young emperor who is lured via stories told to a place called Kiang-Nan by his royal tutor. Read More »
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The Wheel of Life / Da lunhui (1983) King Hu, Hsing Lee, Ching-Jui Pai, Hsueh-Fen Peng, Huo-Yen Chiang, Chun Shih
This 3-parter uses the same 3 leads in each of its parts. Read More »
A Touch of Zen / Xia nü (1971) King Hu, Feng Hsu, Chun Shih, Ying Bai
An artist, Ku, lives with his mother near an abandoned fort, reputed to be haunted. Read More »
The Fate of Lee Khan / Ying chun ge zhi Fengbo (1973) King Hu, Li Hua Li, Roy Chiao, Feng Hsu
Lee Khan, a high official under Mongolian Emperor Yuan of the Yuan dynasty (year 1366) Read More »
The Valiant Ones / Zhong lie tu (1975) King Hu, Feng Hsu, Ying Bai, Roy Chiao
The emperor dispatches an officer and a small band of men to deal with pirates. Read More »
Dragon Inn (1967) King Hu, Polly Ling-Feng Shang-Kuan, Chun Shih, Ying Bai
The Eunuch of the Emperor has ordered the commander of his army condemned to death for betrayal and insurrection. Read More »
Legend of the Mountain (1979) King Hu, Chun Shih, Feng Hsu, Sylvia Chang
A scholar, tasked to copy a sutra, meets with a mysterious old lady and her daughter in the mountains. Read More »
Come Drink with Me (1966) King Hu, Pei-Pei Cheng, Hua Yueh, Chih-Ching Yang
A ruthless band of thugs kidnaps a young official to exchange for their leader who has been captured. Read More »
Kong shan ling yu / Raining in the Mountain (1979) King Hu, Feng Hsu, Yueh Sun, Chun Shih, Action, Drama
An esquire brings a female thief and his bailiff to search out a priceless handwritten scroll by Tripitaka, in a temple at the mountains. Read More »