880-01 Xia nü / Guo ji ying pian you xian gong si chu pin ; chu pin ren Sha Rongfeng ; zhi pian Yang Shiqing ; bian dao Hu Jinquan = A touch of zen / International Film Production ; presented by Sha Yung-Fong ; executive producer, Yang Hsi-Ching ; written and directed by King Hu.
Edition:
Blu-ray special edition.
Publisher:
The Criterion Collection,
Copyright Date:
2016
Description:
1 videodisc (180 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded insert.
880-02 Xu Feng, Shi Jun, Bai Ying, Tian Peng. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1971. Adapted from Pu Song-ling's Strange stories from a Chinese studio. Restored by the Taiwan Film Institute in 2014 as part of the "Taiwan Film Classics Digital Restoration and Value-Adding Project." Widescreen (2.35:1 aspect ratio). Special features: Documentary from 2012 about director King Hu; new interviews with actors Hsu Feng and Shiuh Chun; new interview with filmmaker Ang Lee; new interview with film scholar Tony Rayns; new English subtitle translation; trailer ; essay by film scholar David Bordwell and notes by Hu from a 1975 Cannes film festival press kit.
Summary:
A fugitive noblewoman seeks refuge in a remote, and allegedly haunted, village. The sanctuary she finds with a shy scholar and two aides in disguise is shattered when a nefarious swordsman uncovers her identity, pitting the four against legions of blade-wielding opponents.
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