Hsu Feng
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Summaries. A lady fugitive on the run from corrupt government officials is joined in her endeavors by an unambitious painter and skilled Buddhist monks. An artist, Ku, lives with his mother near an abandoned fort, reputed to be haunted.
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- Picture 7/10
- Audio 5/10
- Extras 8/10
- Closing
“Visionary” barely begins to describe this masterpiece of Chinese cinema and martial arts moviemaking. A Touch of Zen by King Hu depicts the journey of Yang (Hsu Feng), a fugitive noblewoman who 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 nefariou...
The Criterion Collection presents King Hu’s A Touch of Zenon Blu-ray in its original aspect ratio of 2.35:1. Presented on a dual-layer disc, the new 1080p/24hz high-definition presentation comes from a new 4K restoration of the film, which was funded entirely by the film’s star, Hsu Feng. The scan was taken from the original 35mm camera negative. T...
The audio, presented here in lossless PCM 1.0 mono, is pretty weak, and again I’ll put it down to source materials. Though I loved the sound effects of clanging metal and whooshing leaps during fight scenes, the track is incredibly flat. Music and voices lack range and can come off a bit tinny and distorted. It’s still easy to hear, but its age is ...
Criterion packs on a few supplements starting with a new interview featuring actor Hsu Feng, who plays Yang in the film and also personally financed the restoration of the film. For 14-minutes Feng recalls working on Dragon Inn before being cast by Hu again in A Touch of Zen, which, with the bigger role and the longer shooting schedule, sounds to h...
I think some source and shooting issues do limit the image, but overall it still looks very good. It’s very clean, moves smoothly, and looks like a film. With the added bonus of some great contextualizing supplements, the release is an easy recommendation. BUY AT:
Ku Shen Chai (Chun Shih), an unmotivated artist in his early 30s, still lives with his mother, but he is shaken from his comfortable rut by the arrival of beautiful and mysterious Yang Hui-ching ...
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- Feng Hsu
- King Hu
- Union Film Company
Synopsis Ming dynasty noblewoman Yang must escape from the evil eunuch Hsu. She seeks refuge at a decrepit town where she gets assistance from a naïve scholar and a group of mysterious yet powerful monks.
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- King Hu
A Touch of Zen. “Visionary” barely begins to describe this masterpiece of Chinese cinema and martial arts moviemaking. 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.
- Yang Hui-Zhen
Nov 18, 1971 · Synopsis by Jonathan Crow An influential martial arts film and an acknowledged influence on Ang Lee's amazing Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, King Hu's A Touch of Zen opens with young scholar Ku Shen-chai working at his portraiture stand in a small frontier town.
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.
