Zu Warriors from the Magic Mountain

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Zu Warriors from the Magic Mountain
Directed by	Tsui Hark
Produced by	Raymond Chow Leonard Ho
Written by	Shui Chung Yuet Jerrold Mundis
Starring	Yuen Biao
Cinematography	Bill Wong
Release date(s)	February 5, 1983
Language	Cantonese
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Zu Warriors from the Magic Mountain 《蜀山:新蜀山劍俠》 is a 1983 Hong Kong film. It is a supernatural fantasy adventure with wuxia elements. The film was directed by Tsui Hark, who intended to combine Hong Kong action cinema with western special effects technology. It was nominated for five Hong Kong Film Awards in 1984 (Best Action Choreography - Corey Yuen, Best Actress - Brigitte Lin, Best Art Direction - William Chang, Best Film Editing - Chi Kong Sheck and Best Picture).

1 International
2 Box office
3 Related films
4 External links

[edit] International

The film had many versions of the story. The real plot is the Chinese one. Dubbed prints exist as Zu Time Warrior, which include scenes set in the 20th Century. There is a brief reference to this in the dialogie of the climax in the original version. Tsui has said that Zu Time Warrior represents his true intentions on the film, but also expressed that he thought the film was too old for people to care about anymore, which is why he remade it and would not record an audio commentary for the original.

[edit] Box office

The film grossed HK $15,872,222 at the Hong Kong box office.

[edit] Related films

The Legend of Zu (also called Zu Warriors), an adaptation based on the original concepts, but not a direct sequel. It is more of a retelling of the same universe by the same director, Tsui Hark.