Legend of the Mountain (1979)

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Kino Studio Classics will be releasing Legend of the Mountain (1979) from famed Chinese director King Hu (A Touch of Zen, Dragon Inn). Front and reverse cover art shown below.

Originally Posted by Kino Lorber Insider

Coming to DVD and Blu-ray May 1st - in a New 4K Restoration

LEGEND OF THE MOUNTAIN (1979)
A film by King Hu

"A visual ravishment." - Manohla Dargis, NEW YORK TIMES

Special Features:

• Booklet essay by writer and programmer Grady Hendrix
• Interview with film critic Tony Rayns
• Video essay by film critic Travis Crawford
• Trailer

Legend of the Mountain – King Hu – Re-Release Trailer - YouTube

"Hu, a master of the wuxia swordplay subgenre of martial arts cinema, is perhaps best known for Come Drink with Me, Dragon Gate Inn, and A Touch of Zen. For his late-period Legend of the Mountain, Hu turned instead to a supernatural fable set during the 11th-century Sung Dynasty, drawing upon Pu Songling’s classic 18th-century collection Stories from a Chinese Studio and filming independently on location in the South Korean countryside. A scholar-errant, tasked with translating and safeguarding a Buddhist sutra involving the afterlife, loses his grasp of space and time as he wanders through a strange, haunting mountain landscape. Along the way, he encounters temptress ghosts and Taoist priests, ancient abandoned fortresses and inns, and a delirium of color, sound, and silence." – Museum of Modern Art