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A Touch of Zen (Chinese: 俠女; pinyin: Xiá Nǚ; lit. 'Chivalrous woman') is a 1971 wuxia film written, co-edited and directed by King Hu. Its screenplay is based on a classic Chinese story "Xianü" in the book Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio by Pu Songling.
Nov 18, 1971 · A Touch of Zen: Directed by King Hu. With Feng Hsu, Chun Shih, Ying Bai, Peng Tien. A lady fugitive on the run from corrupt government officials is joined in her endeavors by an unambitious painter and skilled Buddhist monks.
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- Action, Adventure, Drama
- King Hu
- 1971-11-18
A Touch of Zen (Xia nu) by King Hu depicts the journey of Yang, a fugitive noblewoman in disguise who seeks refuge in a remote, and allegedly haunted, village. The sanctuary she and her three companions find with a shy scholar is shattered when a nefarious swordsman uncovers her identity, pitting the five against legions of blade-wielding ...
- Yang Hui-Zhen
Jul 20, 2016 · In his staggeringly ambitious masterwork A Touch of Zen, Chinese filmmaker King Hu imbues dynamic scenes of combat with balletic grace and audacious stylistic experimentation. The Criterion Collection
Aug 2, 2021 Full Review Howard Waldstein CBR As mysterious as it is epic, King Hu's 1971 masterpiece, A Touch of Zen is the ultimate wuxia pian.
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- Feng Hsu
- King Hu
- Union Film Company
Apr 24, 2024 · Hu followed Dragon Inn with A Touch of Zen, the film now understood to be his magnum opus. Both film scholars and Hu himself have chronicled the arduous and challenging process of making this particular screen epic.
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A TOUCH OF ZEN (Xia nu) by King Hu depicts the journey of Yang, a fugitive noblewoman in disguise who seeks refuge in a remote, and allegedly haunted, village. The sanctuary she and her three companions find with a shy scholar is shattered when a nefarious swordsman uncovers her identity, pitting the five against legions of blade-wielding ...
