Xia nü
Subtitle: A touch of zen
By: producer, Liang Fang Hsia-Wu ; written and directed by King Hu
Contributors: Xu, Feng, 1950- actor; Shi, Jun, 1935- actor; Bai, Ying, 1940- actor
Edition: Blu-ray special edition.
Series: The Criterion collection -- 825; Criterion collection -- 825.
Published: 2016
Language: chi
Format: [videorecording] =
Number of pages: 180
Subjects: Drama; Kung fu; Aristocracy (Social class); History
Other titles: Touch of zen
Description: A fugitive noblewoman finds refuge in a remote village with a young painter, his mother, and Buddhist monks, but is soon discovered by a swordsman sent to find her.
Notes: Originally released as a motion picture in 1971.

Uncompressed mono, wide screen 2.35:1.

Essay by film scholar David Bordwell and notes by Hu from a 1975 Cannes Film Festival press kit in container.

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; new English subtitle translation.

Hsu Feng, Shih Chun, Bai Ying, Xue Han, Zhang Bing-yu.

MPAA rating: Not rated.

This is a Blu-ray disc made for Blu-ray disc players and will not play in standard DVD players.

For private home use only.

In Mandarin with optional English subtitles.