A lady fugitive on the run from corrupt government officials is joined in her endeavors by an unambitious painter and skilled Buddhist monks.

Xia.Nu.AKA.A.Touch.of.Zen.1971.576p.BluRay.AAC.x264-HANDJOB.mkv

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Container:	Matroska
Runtime:	2h 59mn
Size:	3.68 GiB
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#2:	English 2.0ch AAC @ 96.0 kb/s (Commentary by Film Critic Tony Rayns)

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Language(s):Mandarin
Subtitles:English

The post King Hu – Xia Nu AKA A Touch of Zen (1971) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

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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.

An 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.

Legend.of.the.Mountain.1979.576p.BDRip.AAC.x264.mkv

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Runtime: 	3 h 12 min
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Language(s):Mandarin
Subtitles:English

The post King Hu – Shan zhong zhuan qi AKA Legend of the Mountain (1979) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

Daw Ming Lee, The Historical Dictionary of Taiwan Cinema:
King Hu’s next film was a portmanteau film,The Wheel of Life/Da lunhui (1983), in which he once again codirected with Lee Hsing and Pai Chingjui, as he did in Four Moods. The Wheel of Life revolves around romance between two men and a woman that repeats itself in several generations. Hu was responsible for the story of the first generation, set in the Ming dynasty that he was most familiar with. It is an intriguing romantic story involving a secret service agent, the daughter of the governor, and the leader of the antigovernment army who is plotting vengeance. Hu directed the episode well. This film, too, failed at the box office.

http://nitroflare.com/view/7ACDDD68F2A94BE/Wheel_of_Life.part1.rar
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http://nitroflare.com/view/AD64B359B679381/Wheel_of_Life.part3.rar
http://nitroflare.com/view/1C22AB032871BF7/Wheel_of_Life.part4.rar

Source………..: VHS
DVD Format…….: NTSC
DVD Size………: DVD5
Programs Used….: Ifoedit
Screen Format….: Letterboxed
Audio Language…: Mandarin
Audio Format…..: DD 2.0
Subtitles……..: English, Chinese (burnt in)

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