Overview
A traveling scholar, intent on translating a Buddhist sutra that is said to have power over the creatures of the afterlife. He slowly finds himself entangled in a mysterious plot involving witchcraft, demons, and a battle to preserve his own soul from the attacks of the supernatural underworld.
Movie Info
Release Date: 10/4/1979
Runtime: 192 min
Director: King Hu
Writers: King Hu
Top Cast
Shih Chun
Scholar Ho Yunqing
Hsu Feng
Melody
Sylvia Chang
Cloud
Tung Lam
Tsui
Tien Feng
Old Chang
Chen Hui-Lou
Taoist Priest
Sun Yueh
General Han
Wu Chia-Hsiang
Woodcutter
Ng Ming-Choi
Lama
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