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Legend of the Mountain

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Legend of the Mountain

1979

3h 4m

Fantasy

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

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A scholar tasked with copying a sutra meets a mysterious old woman and her daughter in the mountains.

John DeFore

The Hollywood Reporter

A slow-to-start but delightful tale of ancient magic and clueless men.

Feb 4, 2018

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Manohla Dargis

New York Times

You can get lost in these pictorial reveries as you trace the rays of light piercing the trees, brightening the dark waters and the reality-softening haze.

Feb 1, 2018

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Greg Cwik

Slant Magazine

Every pan and snap zoom and dissolve is exact, every whorl of smoke and wind-thrown swath of leaves pulled from a dream and placed methodically before our eyes.

Rated: 4/4

Jan 29, 2018

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Panos Kotzathanasis

Asian Movie Pulse

Apart from the focus on nature King hu weaves an intricate story of a battle between good and evil, where nothing is as it seems and in which Ho Yunqing finds himself being unwillingly steered toward directions he does not wish or even imagined following

Oct 27, 2019

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Jeffrey M. Anderson

Combustible Celluloid

Legend of the Mountain is a beautiful movie to be sure, but it's also a movie that understands beauty.

Rated: 3.5/4

May 11, 2018

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Christopher Machell

CineVue

Rooted in genre, Hu's film is as thrilling as any number of kung fu action flicks, even if nary a punch is thrown throughout its running time.

Rated: 5/5

Apr 23, 2018

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Can't you hear the drums?! This is funnier and crazier – by a lot – than the other King Hu films I've seen. There's also barely any fighting, which is OK by me, but when it happens, it's a spectacle to behold. The women are in charge here, and the men are just dopes. The mother is hilarious.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/18/23

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raphael g

Masterful. So beautiful. At the end, it felt a LITTLE bit overlong, but it was still wonderful. King Hu <3

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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An adaptation of a traditional Chinese ghost story by King Hu. It is kind of slow in the first half, but once the truth about village people is revealed, it gets quicker. Although there is no sword fight nor kungfu fight, Hu's veteran job on mise-en-scene gives great depth to the film. Cinematography, which makes the most of natural sourses, is great as usual. As long as who are really ghosts is kept secret to you, it is suspenceful and tense, but once it is revealed, and they start to fight with supernatural powers, it gets a little dissapointing. Also, the hero is so stupid and weak that could even annoy you. King Hu's goddess Hsu Feng does a great performance in a bitch role, and young Sylvia Chang shows her cuteness fully.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/28/23

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Synopsis

A scholar tasked with copying a sutra meets a mysterious old woman and her daughter in the mountains.

Director: King Hu
Producer: King Hu, Wong Cheuk-Hon
Screenwriter: King Hu
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: Chinese
Rerelease Date (Theaters): Feb 2, 2018
Release Date (Streaming): May 3, 2018
Runtime: 3h 4m
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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