A Touch of Zen

(1971, 200m, Mandarin w/English subtitles) dir King Hu w/Feng Hsu, Ying Bai, Chun Shih. Filmed over three years to satisfy Hu’s perfectionist tendencies, Zen was initially dismissed by audiences. But after a Palme d’Or nomination and a Technical Grand Prize win at Cannes, opinion shifted on Hu’s magnum opus of martial arts, intrigue, and enlightenment.

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