Chinese Studies

Call Number
CHI0086

部中国武侠电影的扛鼎之作以其跌宕起伏的情节、冷静悬疑的气氛、熟练精准的技巧和渗透其中的禅思哲理而受到了如潮好评，一举夺得了当年戛纳电影节技术大奖，将中国武侠电影在世界范围内推向了顶峰，同时也在戛纳电影节上为中国人写下了里程碑式的一页。

The plot is largely seen through the eyes of Ku (played by Shih Jun) who is a well meaning but unambitious scholar and painter, with a tendency towards being clumsy and ineffectual. A stranger arrives in town wanting his portrait painted by Ku, but his real objective is to bring a female fugitive back to the city for execution on behalf of the East Chamber guards. The fugitive, Yang (played by Hsu Feng), is befriended by Ku and together they plot against the corrupt Eunuch Wei who wants to eradicate all trace of her family after her father attempts to warn the king of the eunuch's corruption.[source]