A Touch of Zen
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- Year:
- 1971
- 200 min
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Based on the story The Magnanimous Girl
by PU Songling
from Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio
(Liaozha iZhiyi), 1679
(XIA NU)
Executive Producer
XIA-WU Liangfang
Planning
ZHANG Jiuying
Producer
YANG Shiqing
Starring
HSU Feng, SHIH Jun
BAI Ying, TIAN Peng
CAO Jian, MIAO Tian,
ZHANG Bingyu, XUE Han
Guest star:
Roy CHIAOas Abbot Huiyuan
Director of Photography
HUA Huiying
Assistant Director
MIAO Tian
Production Design: ZHENG Zhiliang
Art Director:
CHEN ShanglinMusic by WU Dajiang
Martial Arts Choreography
HAN Yingjie, PAN Yaokun
Written and Directed by King HU
"Fort Jinglu"
"General Cheng Yuan's Residence"
"Letter writing and scroll painting"
"Gu Shengzhai"
- Welcome, sir
- Is this your work?
Just humble efforts
It's excellent
May I do a portrait for you?
All right
Please take a seat
May I know your name?
Ouyang Nian
Mr. Ouyang
You must have had a tiring journey
How do you know?
I know almost everyone in this remote town
I've just arrived
You've lived here all your life?
Yes
Ah... your hat?
And turn your head to the side
What's your name?
Gu Shengzhai.
Good morning!
Shengzhai!
You're early today
Can I offer you some tea?
Not now, you're busy. I'll come by later
See you
Mr. Gu...
- Who is he?
- They sell medicinal herbs
- What's his name?
- Lu. Why do you ask?
Is he local?
No, they came about a month ago
He's quite skilled
He has a stall near the temple
Why do you ask?
No reason
Mr. Ouyang...
I'll be back tomorrow
Mind the step!
Mother!
Mr. Shi
You're back early, Mr. Gu
- Won't you stay a while?
- Another time
See you then
- Bye
- Goodbye
Who'd dare to live there?
Mr. Shi just told your fortune
You know what he said?
I've no idea
Come and eat
He said this is your lucky year
I told you, he worked it out
You should take the civil service exam
I'm not interested
Why not?
take a blind man's advice?
Everyone except you wants
to be successful
You're hopeless!
Mother, we may not be rich...
...but we don't starve
When I've saved a little more,
I can open a school
Don't be silly!
You want to be a teacher?
You know the saying...
"Nothing compares to officialdom"
Actually, being a scholar is better!
Why study if you don't want to be an official?
But you don't seem to know anything
You're over thirty now...
...but still not married!
Why not?
I'm waiting for the right person
What you mean is, you're too poor!
The Gu family line is going to die out!
"In troubled times, I choose safety..."
"...over jostling for rank and fame"
Don't quote at me!
Save your quotes for the exam!
Oh, you're hopeless!
Mother!
What's going on?
I...
I was looking...
...to see if anyone was there
Have you gone mad?
No-one lives here
Come home!
Come on!
NOW!
You shouldn't be out at this hour
See how dirty your clothes are!
Mr. Gu...
May I ask something?
Of course
I hear that Fort Jinglu is near here
It is
Have you been there?
I live next to it
They say it's haunted
Only those who believe in ghosts!
Mr. Ouyang...
I'll mount the finished portrait
Please tell me tomorrow if you like it
Thank you
It's better to be wary of ghosts
Confucius says, don't speak of such things
I'm afraid I can't agree
Goodbye
"it's better to be wary of ghosts..."
"Taoist exorcism spells"
Mother!
What's all this?
I...
You're behaving like a madman
Let me introduce you
This is Miss Yang
This is my son
Come
Miss Yang...
Just ask if there's anything you need
Who is she?
Our new neighbour
You terrified her last night
She scared me too
She's very brave to live there alone
Same as us, she pays no rent
Shengzhai
Mother, why did you visit her?
I gave them some needles and thread
They have nothing there
Mother...
Who else is living there?
Her bed-ridden mother,
who must be eighty
What's that stick for?
Oh, nothing
What do they do for a living?
Miss Yang sells funeral offerings
She can't be earning much
You're well over thirty...
Not again!
Don't interrupt me!
Miss Yang is single and in her twenties
Why shouldn't you marry her?
Don't "huh" me
They need someone to depend on
And you're not going anywhere
You'd make a good couple
But Mother...
What?
Will she agree?
Why not? Aren't we
good enough for them?
It's all up to you
Isn't this just wishful?
Don't be silly, they have nothing!
She has nothing to lose by marrying
She'll agree
I'll talk to her mother tomorrow
Come back early today
Mother!
You scared me!
Why aren't you at work?
What did she say?
No
Where are you going?
To the shop
It's going to rain, don't go today
What did her mother say?
She wants her to get married
But Miss Yang says no
Why?
She wouldn't say
She must think we're too poor
If only you had an official rank
Not that again!
Take the exam this year!
I've said many times...
What?
If you had an official post,
she would have agreed
Mother...
Go on painting all day and
Mother!
Excuse me...
No one answered,
so I took the liberty of coming in
Sorry, we were out
This is Mr. Ouyang. My mother
Please have a seat
Pleased to meet you
Do sit down
The place is in a mess
Please excuse us
It's a nice room
Very small
- It's quiet here
- Have a seat
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