Shan zhong chuan ji
Subtitle: Legend of the mountain
By: First Distributors (HK) Ltd. presents ; produced by Wong Cheuk-Hon and King Hu ; screenplay by Chung Ling ; directed by King Hu
Contributors: Xu, Feng, 1950- actor; Zhang, Aijia, 1953- actor; First Distributors Ltd
Published: 2018
Language: chi
Format: [videorecording] =
Number of pages: 191
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: Drama; Mountains; Scholars; Future life
Other titles: 31Legend of the mountain
Description: A traveling scholar is tasked with translating a Buddhist sutra said to have immense power over the spirits of the afterlife. During his research, he loses his way in the mountains, encountering ghostly presences amid a haunting fantasia of color, light and landscape.
Notes: Originally released as a motion picture in 1979.

Wide screen (16x9).

Bonus features: interview with film critic Tony Rayns; video essay by film critic Travis Crawford; photo gallery; trailer.

Shih Chun, Hsu Feng, Sylvia Chang.

DVD, NTSC, region 0; wide screen (2.35:1, 16x9); 2.0 mono.

Mandarin dialogue; English subtitles.