The Legend of Zu

Dir/Prod: Tsui Hark
Scrs: Tsui Hark, Lee Man-choi
Prod Co: One Hundred Years of Film
Cast: Ekin Cheng, Cecilia Cheung, Louis Koo, Sammo Hung, Kelly Lin
2001 | Colour | DCP | Cantonese | 104min

Dawn (Cecilia Cheung), head of the Kunlun Sect on the Mountain of Zu, is killed by the demon Insomnia and her disciple and lover King Sky (Ekin Cheng) retires to the woods. When Insomnia re-emerges 200 years later, Emei elder White Brows (Sammo Hung) appoints King Sky to lead Emei for the fight against the demon. Emei apprentice Enigma (Cheung) resembles Dawn, and is captured by possessed Red (Louis Koo). Insomnia eventually assaults with the bloodied clouds, King Sky and the rest of Emei come together and fight the final battle. Tsui Hark orchestrated this fantastical wuxia world of endless fights between factions. The young apprentice in Tsui's 1983 work Zu: Warriors from the Magic Mountain has now become a masterful leader, who now has the brains, guts and compassion. Tsui reactivated the classical wuxia genre at a time when the Hong Kong film industry was struggling, developing new technologies to depict the wondrous worlds of swordsmanship. Back when the film was released, many questioned his overuse of computer-generated effects. It is time now to revisit this seminal work.

Date	Time	Venue
4/12/2022 (Sun) #	3:00pm	Cinema, Hong Kong Film Archive

# Post-screening talk with Matthew Cheng

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