Legend of the Mountain
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| Traditional Chinese | 山中傳奇[1] | ||||||||||
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| Directed by | King Hu | ||||||||||
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| Cinematography | Henry Chan[2] | ||||||||||
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| Music by | Wu Ta-chiang[2] | ||||||||||
Production company | Prosperity Film Company[1] | ||||||||||
| Distributed by | Winson Entertainment[1] | ||||||||||
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| Countries | Taiwan Hong Kong[3] | ||||||||||
| Language | Standard Chinese[1] | ||||||||||
| Box office | HK$734,936[1] | ||||||||||
Legend of the Mountain (traditional Chinese: 山中傳奇; simplified Chinese: 山中传奇; Wade–Giles: Shan-chung ch'uan-ch'i) is a 1979 Taiwanese-Hong Kong film directed by King Hu.
Ho, a young scholar, is given the task for translating Buddhist sutras which are said to have power over the creatures of the afterlife. He travels to a monastery to find a peaceful place to fulfill the task. However he encounters a bizarre cast of characters: a Buddhist lama, Secretary Tsui and his menacing friend Cheng, Cloud and her flute, the mysterious Melody, and Ms. Chang, Melody's mother who soon arranges a marriage between Melody and Ho. However, as he works on the sutras, Ho slowly finds himself entangled on a mysterious plot involving witchcraft, demons, and a battle to preserve his own soul from the attacks of the supernatural underworld.
Cast
- Shih Chun as Ho
- Hsu Feng as Melody
- Sylvia Chang as Cloud
- Tung Lam as Mr. Tsui
- Tien Feng as Cheng
- Chen Hui-lou as Reverend
- Rainbow Hsu as Ms. Chang
- Wu Jiaxiang as Man carrying wood
- Ng Ming Tsui as Lama
- Sun Yueh
Production
Legend of the Mountain was a co-production between King Hu's company and Prosperity Film Company, with Wong Cheuk-hon serving as producer.[1] Wong's First Film Organisation had established distribution networks across North America for Chinese-language films during the 1970s.[4] This was one of two films Hu shot in South Korea in 1979, the other being Raining in the Mountain.
Release
Legend of the Mountain was released in 1979.[5] The film was also shown at the 1979 Festival of Festivals in Toronto.[5]
