A touch of zen [Blu-ray]

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A touch of zen

(2016)

Fiction

Blu-ray

Call Numbers:

BLU-RAY/FOREIGN/CHINESE/TOUCH

Availability

Locations	Call Number	Status
Movies	BLU-RAY/FOREIGN/CHINESE/TOUCH	Available

Details

PUBLISHED

[New York, New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2016]

DESCRIPTION

1 videodisc (180 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in

ISBN/ISSN

0715515181914 CC2652BD, 9781681431826, 1681431823, 9786316508324, 6316508328 :, 715515181914

LANGUAGE

Chinese

NOTES

Title from sell sheet

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

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1971

Wide screen (2.35:1)

Special features: documentary from 2012 about director King Hu; new interviews with actors Hsu Feng and Shih Chun; new interview with filmmaker Ang Lee; New interview with film scholar Tony Rayns; trailer; essay by film scholar David Bordwell and notes by Hu from a 1975 Cannes Film Festival press kit

Hsu Feng, Shih Chun, Bai Ying

Blu-ray; requires Blu-ray player

Mandarin dialogue; English subtitles