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A touch of zen = 俠女 /

A touch of zen = 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.

胡金銓, 徐楓, 石寯, 白鷹, 田鵬, 蒲松齡, Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: CC2653DDVD | The Criterion CollectionLanguage: Chinese Original language: Chinese Subtitle language: English Series: Criterion collection ; 825.Publisher: [New York, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2016]Edition: Two-DVD special editionDescription: 2 videodiscs (180 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded insertContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
ISBN:
  • 9781681431833
  • 1681431831
Other title: 俠女 Other title:
  • Xia nü
Related works:
  • Motion picture adaptation of (work): Pu, Songling, 1640-1715. Liao zhai zhi yi
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
disc one. [Feature film]; trailer -- disc two. [Special features].
Production credits:
  • director of photography, Hua Huiying ; music, Wu Dajiang.
Cast: Xu Feng, Shi Jun, Bai Ying, Tian Peng.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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Adult DVD Adult DVD Main Library DVD WORLD TOUCH OF Available 33111009914389
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

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.

DVD; NTSC; region 1; 16:9 widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; Dolby digital 1.0.

Chinese dialogue; optional English subtitles.

880-03 Xu Feng, Shi Jun, Bai Ying, Tian Peng.

880-04 director of photography, Hua Huiying ; music, Wu Dajiang.

Restored by the Taiwan Film Institute in 2014 as part of the "Taiwan Film Classics Digital Restoration and Value-Adding Project."

Adapted from Pu Song-ling's Strange stories from a Chinese studio.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1971.

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.

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.

disc one. [Feature film]; trailer -- disc two. [Special features].

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