This 3-parter uses the same 3 leads in each of its parts. Read More »
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A Touch of Zen AKA 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 AKA 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 AKA 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 »
The Kingdom and the Beauty AKA Jiang shan mei ren (1959) Han Hsiang Li, Dai Lin, Lei Zhao, King Hu
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 »
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 »