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Legend of the Mountain

Original title: Shan zhong zhuan qi
  • 19791979
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 3h 12m
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7.4/10
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Legend of the Mountain (1979)
FantasyHorrorMystery
A scholar, tasked to copy a sutra, meets with a mysterious old lady and her daughter in the mountains.A scholar, tasked to copy a sutra, meets with a mysterious old lady and her daughter in the mountains.A scholar, tasked to copy a sutra, meets with a mysterious old lady and her daughter in the mountains.
IMDb RATING
7.4/10
995
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    • King Hu
    • Ling Chung(screenplay)
    • King Hu
  • Stars
    • Chun Shih
    • Feng Hsu
    • Sylvia Chang
    • King Hu
    • Ling Chung(screenplay)
    • King Hu
  • Stars
    • Chun Shih
    • Feng Hsu
    • Sylvia Chang
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    • 5User reviews
    • 23Critic reviews
    • 67Metascore
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    Chun Shih
    Chun Shih
    • Ho Qingyun
    Feng Hsu
    Feng Hsu
    • Melody
    Sylvia Chang
    Sylvia Chang
    • Cloud
    Hui-Lou Chen
    Hui-Lou Chen
    • Taoist priest Yang
    Chang-Ken Chin
    • Superior Monk Fa-yuan
    • (as Chang-gen Jin)
    Rainbow Hsu
    • Madam Wang
    • (as Cai-hong Xu)
    Sook Jeon
    • Madam Chuang (Cloud's mother)
    • (as Shu Tien)
    Wenting Jin
    • Qing (Maid)
    • (as Wen-ting Chin)
    Chun Lu
    • Monk
    Yueh Sun
    Yueh Sun
    • General Han
    Feng Tien
    Feng Tien
    • Old Chang
    Lin Tung
    Lin Tung
    • Adviser Tsui Hong-zhi
    • (as Lin Tong)
    Chia-Hsiang Wu
    Chia-Hsiang Wu
    • Woodcutter
    Ming-Tsai Wu
    Ming-Tsai Wu
    • Lama
    • (as Ng Ming-Choi)
      • King Hu
      • Ling Chung(screenplay)
      • King Hu
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    8/10
    Spooky story of a man beset by ghosts
    King Hu while revered for a number of unique films in the 1960's was outside the HK studio system by the 1970's and only produced three films in that decade. In 1979 his made two "Mountain" films concurrently. This one being a ghost story in the tradition of Japanese ghosts films like Ugetsu or Black Cat from the Grove.

    A traveling scholar, Mr. Ho, is assigned the task of translating a special sutra for a ceremony honoring deceased soldiers. Needing a place to concentrate while he works, he is sent to a fort to be hosted by a Mr. Tsui, the secretary to the general of the fort. Arriving at the fort Ho find the place abandoned except for Tsui who informs him that the general and most of the soldiers died in battle. Tsui, his crazy servant Chang, a bizarre old lady named Mrs. Wang, her beautiful daughter and a maid are apparently the only residents in the vicinity of the fort. Ho is invited to a dinner given by Mrs. Wang. He becomes strangely drunk while the daughter plays a drum and loses consciousness. Waking up he finds that two days have passed and he has married the daughter. And so the mystery begins.

    A unique film in some ways, it frequently has a problem holding the atmosphere consistently. There are several interludes of beautiful scenery that interrupt the effective spookiness. Sometimes King Hu, who was also the editor, shows a remarkable mastery of the medium and other times is almost amateurish in his editing choices. His aesthetic is anchored in the 1960's as ghostly doings are accompanied by clichéd sound effects. Overall the film is very effective as long as you can forgive the primitive special effects and the occasional sappy music.

    The print available is not in great shape but it's a good film.
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    • ChungMo
    • Nov 18, 2006

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      • October 4, 1979 (Hong Kong)
      • Taiwan
      • Hong Kong
      • South Korea
      • Mandarin
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      • Feng Nian
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    • 3 hours 12 minutes
      • Color
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