Raining in the Mountain
1979・Taiwan・122 minutes
Set in the remote Buddhist monastery in 16th Century China, Raining in the Mountain deals with a powerful struggle that ensues when the Abbot of the Three Treasures Temple announces his imminent retirement. The aging Abbot invites three outsiders to advise him on the critical choices of appointing his successor: Esquire Wen, a wealthy of the monastery, General Wang, commander-in-chief of the local military, and Wu Wai, a respected lay Buddhist master. Within the monastery, several disciples aspiring to the position begin to collude individually with Esquire Wen and General Wang. But these two invited advisers have come with seditious intent, scheming to obtain the priceless scroll housed in the monastery: the scriptural text of “The Mahayana Sutra,” hand-copied by Tripitaka. Meanwhile, convicted criminal Chiu Ming has arrived at the monastery to atone as a monk.
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2005
Hong Kong Film Awards
百大華語電影
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Director
胡金銓
Actor
徐楓
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