Underplayed Gems

Legend of the Sacred Stone (2000)

Legend of the Sacred Stone poster
Original title
聖石傳說
Directed by
Chris Huang
Genre
drama film
Country
Taiwan
Runtime
1h 30m
Rating
7.3 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

This film is a Taiwanese glove puppetry spin-off from a long-running TV series. It follows legendary heroes in a fantasy world as they protect a sacred stone from dark forces.

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What happens

The Legend of the Sacred Stone (聖石傳說) is a 2000 Taiwanese glove puppetry feature film written and directed by Huang Chiang-hua (黃強華). A spin-off from the Pili television series, it reflects the traditional Taiwanese style of glove puppetry known as budaixi, supplemented with computer-generated imagery. With a budget of NT$300 million and three years of production time, it was a major innovation for the glove puppetry genre and marked a milestone in its cinematic development. The film pioneered cross-industry promotional strategies and became the first Taiwanese film to premiere simultaneously in all five major cinema chains across the island. Its opening week box office of NT$28 million surpassed Toy Story 2. However, despite eventually becoming the first local film to gross over NT$100 million, it was considered a box-office bomb, earning only NT$150 million against its NT$300 million budget. It was soon surpassed by Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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