Raining in the Mountain

Raining in the Mountain (simplified Chinese: 空山灵雨; traditional Chinese: 空山靈雨; pinyin: Kong shan ling yu) is a 1979 Hong Kong-Taiwan drama film directed by King Hu. The film was selected as the Hong Kong entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 52nd Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.^[1]

The film tells the story of a Ming Dynasty monastery on a mountain. A general and an esquire each employ martial artists to help steal a handwritten scroll of Tripitaka hidden in the monastery's library. Meanwhile, the abbot of the monastery looks for a successor.

Cast

• Hsu Feng
• Sun Yueh
• Shih Jun
• Tien Feng
• Chen Hui Lou
• Paul Chun - Hui Ssu
• Tung Lin

Places

The temple featured since the first scene of the film is the world famous Bulguksa located in Gyeongju in South Korea Gyeongsangdo. Its architecture is typical of Korean temples, not Chinese ones.

See also

• List of submissions to the 52nd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
• List of Hong Kong submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

References

External links

• Raining in the Mountain at the Internet Movie Database
• Raining in the Mountain at Cinemasie