Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 180 min
- Age rating
- NR
- Language
- Chinese
- Country
- Hong Kong SAR China, Taiwan
- Violence
- Mild
Why tonight?
- A long one. Start it early, and give it the whole evening.
- In Chinese — subtitles on.
The story
Yang Hui-zhen, a mysterious princess on the run from corrupt government officials, is joined in her endeavors by skilled Buddhist monks and an unambitious painter named Gu Sheng-zhai.
- martial arts
- buddhism
- mountain village
- zen
- wuxia
- bamboo
- 14th century
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Roy Chiao — Abbot Hui-yuan
- Tsao Chien — Magistrate Xu Zheng-qing
- Miao Tian — Nie Qiu (Men Da's Advisor)
- Melvin Chang Yun-Wen — Tao Lung
- Hsueh Han — General Lu Ding-an
- Han Ying-Chieh — Chief Commander Xu Xian-chun
- Sammo Hung Kam-Bo — Commander Xu's Bodyguard (uncredited)
- Chang Ping-Yu — Gu Sheng-zhai's Mother
- Jui Wang — Men Da
- Wan Chung-Shan — Lu Qiang
- Chang Yi-Kuai — East Chamber Guard
Production
- Rating
- 7.6 / 10 · 233 ratings
- Studio
- Union Film Company, International Film Company
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
