Underplayed Gems

Legend of the Mountain (1979)

Legend of the Mountain poster
Original title
山中傳奇
Directed by
King Hu
Genre
drama film
Country
Hong Kong
Runtime
3h 12m
Rating
7.4 of 10 from 44 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A scholar travels to a remote mountain village to copy a Buddhist sutra. There he encounters supernatural forces and a mysterious woman.

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What happens

Legend of the Mountain (traditional Chinese: 山中傳奇; simplified Chinese: 山中传奇; Wade–Giles: Shan-chung ch'uan-ch'i) is a 1979 Taiwanese-Hong Kong film directed by King Hu. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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