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Temptation of a Monk (Chinese: 誘僧; Cantonese Yale: Yáuh Jāng; pinyin: Yòu Sēng) is a 1993 Hong Kong period drama film directed by Clara Law based on Pik Wah Lee's novel of the same name. The film had Joan Chen and Hsing-Kuo Wu in the lead roles. The film is about a monk named Jing-yi and his haunting past, and a lady assassin who was sent to kill him. The film was banned in China.[1]

Temptation of a Monk
Directed byClara Law
Written byEddie Ling-Ching Fong
Pik Wah Lee
Produced byKay Wong
StarringJoan Chen
Hsing-Kuo Wu
Fengyi Zhang
Music byTats Lau
Yee-Leung Wai
Release date
  • 8 September 1993 (1993-09-08)
Running time
118 min
CountryHong Kong
LanguagesMandarin
Cantonese

Synopsis


Set in 7th Century China, General Shi Yan-sheng (Hsing-Kuo Wu) was tricked into the brutal murder of the crown prince of the Tang dynasty by General Huo Da (Zhang Fengyi), so that he could take the emperor's thrones. General Shi Yan-sheng was forced to flee away but was determined to revenge General Huo Da for his betrayal. However things didn't happen in favor Shi, and all his loved ones including his mother (Lisa Lu) and his girlfriend Princess Hong-e - Scarlet (Joan Chen) were brutally murdered by Huo Da. Devastated Shi wandered around various place and ended up in a Buddhist monastery. Shi became a monk and changed his name to Jing-yi. One day he came across a widow named Qing-shou - Violet (Joan Chen) who had striking facial resemblances with his girlfriend. Violet also became a nun in the same monastery. Initially, Jing-yi is disturbed by the presence of Violet but later falls in love with her. It was unknown to Jing-yi that Violet was actually an assassin sent by none other than Huo Da to find him.


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Reception


Temptation of a Monk was met with mixed to positive reviews. While everyone praised the production designs, costumes and cinematography, the writing and characterization was met with lukewarm response. New York Times said that "For all its beauty, the film has its lethargic moments, and the tangled political intrigue that drives the story is not easy to follow."[2] Stephen Teo of Senses of Cinema said that: "Temptation may be in the title but redemption is the real theme of the picture, and it's a measure of Law's inability to expound on the process of redemption that the film finally falls apart."[1] Meanwhile, some of the reviews called this film as a masterpiece [3] and some other found the use of silence as a medium of communication as spellbinding.[4] The first part of the film reminded critics of Akira Kurosawa's Kagemusha . Director Clara Law later stated that those portions represented dawn of the chaos the internal conflict, of the protagonist and those scenes should not be considered as part of sensationalism.[5]


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References


  1. "Temptation of a Monk – Senses of Cinema".
  2. "Movie Reviews". The New York Times. 5 August 2021.
  3. http://www.sogoodreviews.com/reviews/temptationofamonk.htm
  4. "Temptation of a Monk".
  5. "Temptation of a Monk". 7 February 2011.
  6. "Australian Cinematographers Society".
  7. "香港電影金像獎".
  8. "Hong Kong Film Directors' Guild - Directors - Clara LAW". www.hkfilmdirectors.com. Archived from the original on 19 November 2015.
  9. "Joan Chen in 'Temptation of a Monk' | 'willingly' shaved on-screen | hairless makeups | themakeupgallery".




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