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Raining in the Mountain Mountain the in Raining Ount ) Deve Nominare Un Successore G ON G K RaINING IN THE MOUNTAIN 空山靈雨 ON (Kongshan Lingyü) H t.l.: Pioggia sulla montagna Hong Kong/Taiwan, 1979, Digibeta, [ITA] L’anziano abate del Monastero dei Tre Tesori (Sanbao) deve nominare un successore. 92’, Mandarin Dir: King Hu (Hu Jinquan) Convoca tre laici estranei al monastero per farsi consigliare su questa scelta fondamentale: Scr: King Hu il Cavaliere Wen, un ricco mecenate del monastero, il generale Wang, comandante in Ph (color): Henry Chan (Chen Junjie) capo delle forze armate locali, e Wu Wai, un venerabile Maestro di Buddhismo. All’interno Ed: King Hu, Xiao Nan Music: Ng Tai-kong del monastero diversi monaci, che aspirano alla nomina, cominciano a complottare Exec Prod: Chung Ling, Lo Kai Muk separatamente con il Cavaliere Wen e il generale Wang. Questi due consiglieri però Prod: King Hu, Wu Sau-yee (Hu Shuru) sono venuti con intenti sediziosi e tramano per ottenere il prezioso rotolo di pergamena Prod Company: Law Woo (Luo Hu) Productions conservato nel monastero: il testo scritto del Mahāyāna śraddhotpada śāstra, che Cast: Hsu Feng (White Fox), Sun Yueh fu ricopiato a mano da Tripitaka ai tempi della dinastia Tang. Nel frattempo arriva al (Esquire Wen), Shih Chun (Hui Tung), monastero il criminale prigioniero Chiu Ming, per espiare i suoi delitti come monaco invece Tien Feng (General Wang), Tung Lin (Chiu Ming), Wu Chia-Hsiang (Master Wu Wai), che come carcerato. Viene incaricato di proteggere il rotolo nella biblioteca; qui si imbatte Wu Mingcai (Gold Lock) in due ladri rivali, Volpe Bianca, che si finge la concubina del Cavaliere Wen, aiutata dal suo complice Ricciolo Dorato, e il temibile luogotenente del generale Wang, Chang, l’uomo che aveva incastrato Chiu Ming per un reato non commesso. King Hu spese più di un intero anno per elaborare Raining in the Mountain e Legend of the Mountain (Shanzhong Chuanqi, 1979), due film girati uno dietro l’altro on location in Corea del Sud. Raining in the Mountain è qualcosa di più di un semplice film di furti e rapine dalla bella fotografia, e ambientato nella molto improbabile cornice di un sereno monastero buddhista; si distingue dal tipico genere wuxia denso di azione per la maggiore enfasi che pone sugli affascinanti scontri di ingegni e di intelletti. Nel film, volutamente trattenuto per quanto riguarda la violenza, le poche scene di combattimento sono coreografate in modo magistrale e ispirate ai movimenti stilizzati dell’Opera di Pechino tradizionale. In Raining in the Mountain King Hu offre un viaggio spirituale coinvolgente e riflette profondamente sulla filosofia buddhista in tema di morale, di rinuncia, di retribuzione karmica e di illuminazione. George Chun Han Wang ScholarSpace 200 H ON G K ON G [ENG] Aging Abbot of the Three Treasures (Sanbao) Monastery plans to appoint a successor. KING HU He invites three outsiders to advise him on this critical choice: Esquire Wen, a wealthy patron of the monastery, General Wang, commander-in-chief of the local military, and Wu [ITA] King Hu nacque a Pechino nel Wai, a respected Buddhism master. Within the monastery, several disciples who aspire to 1932. Subito dopo il suo arrivo a Hong Kong nel 1949, svolse le attività be appointed as the new Abbot, begin to collude individually with Esquire Wen and General lavorative più varie, dal correttore di Wang. But these two invited advisers have come with seditious intent, scheming to obtain bozze allo scenografo, prima di ottenere Mahāyāna śraddhotpada la sua prima parte di attore nel 1953 the priceless scroll housed in the monastery: the scriptural text of in Humiliation for Sale. Dalla metà śāstra, handcopied by Tripitaka in the Tang dynasty. Meanwhile, convicted criminal Chiu degli anni Cinquanta alla metà degli Ming has arrived at the monastery to atone as a monk instead of serving a jail sentence. anni Sessanta, King Hu recitò in più di trentasei film. Esordì alla regia alla He is assigned to safeguard the scroll at the house of scriptures, and encounters thieving Shaw Brothers con The Story of Sue San rivals White Fox who poses as Esquire Wen’s concubine, and is aided by her accomplice (1964) seguito da Sons of Good Earth Gold Lock; and General Wang’s fearsome Lieutenant Chang, who originally framed Chiu (1965). Il suo primo film wuxia è stato Come Drink with Me (1966), considerato Ming for the crime he did not commit. un’opera pionieristica per la nascita King Hu spent more than an entire year crafting Raining in the Mountain and Legend of del moderno cinema di arti marziali. the Mountain (Shanzhong Chuanqi, 1979), two films shot back-to-back on location in South Dragon Inn (1967) infranse i record di botteghino a Taiwan e Hong Kong. Korea. More than just a remarkably photographed caper heist staged in the most unlikely Il suo film successivo, A Touch of Zen setting of a serene Buddhist monastery, Raining in the Mountain sets itself apart from (1970/1971), è stato il primo film wuxia the typically action-heavy wuxia genre by a greater emphasis on the intriguing battles in lingua cinese a vincere un premio al Festival di Cannes. Dopo una serie di film of wits and minds. Intentionally muted in its violence, the film’s limited fight scenes were acclamati dalla critica come A Fate of Lee masterfully choreographed inspired by the stylistic moves of traditional Peking Opera. Khan (1973), The Valiant Ones (1975) e In Raining in the Mountain, King Hu delivers an engaging spiritual journey and reflects Raining in the Mountain (1979), nel 1984 Hu si trasferì in California, ma continuò a profoundly on Buddhist philosophy about morals, renunciation, karmic retribution and impegnarsi in attività creative a Taipei, enlightenment. a Hong Kong e nella Cina continentale. King Hu è scomparso a Taipei nel 1997, proprio quando stava per dare il via al George Chun Han Wang suo progetto epico The Battle of Ono. [ENG] King Hu was born in Beijing in 1932. Soon after arriving in Hong Kong in 1949, he worked in a variety of occupations such as proofreader and set decorator before landing his first acting role in1953 with Humiliation for Sale. From the mid-50s to mid-60s, King Hu acted in more than 36 films. He made his directorial debut at Shaw Brothers with The Story of Sue San (1964) and Sons of Good Earth (1965). His first wuxia film was Come Drink with Me (1966), considered a pioneer work in the birth of modern martial arts cinema. Hu’s Dragon Inn (1967) broke box office records in Taiwan and Hong Kong. His next film A Touch of Zen (1970/1971) became the first Chinese-language wuxia film to be awarded at the Cannes Film Festival. After a series of critically acclaimed films such as A Fate of Lee Khan (1973), The Valiant Ones (1975) and Raining in the Mountain (1979), Hu moved to California in 1984 but continued to engage in creative activities in Taipei, Hong Kong and mainland China. On the verge of seeing his epic project The Battle of Ono taking off, King Hu passed away in 1997 in Taipei. Filmografia/Filmography 1964 The Story of Sue San 1965 Sons of Good Earth 1966 Come Drink with Me 1967 Dragon Inn 1971 A Touch of Zen 1973 A Fate of Lee Khan 1975 The Valiant Ones 1979 Raining in the Mountain Legend of the Mountain 1981 The Juvenizer 1983 All the King’s Men 1990 Swordsman 1993 Painted Skin ScholarSpace 201.
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