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Legend of the Mountain

1979 · 192 min

A slow, hypnotic plunge into a haunted world where every gesture and landscape feels charged with unseen danger.

Overview: A traveling scholar is intent on translating a Buddhist sutra that is said to have power over the creatures of the afterlife. He slowly finds himself entangled in a mysterious plot involving witchcraft, demons, and a battle to preserve his own soul from the attacks of the supernatural underworld.
How it feels: Eerie, tense, melancholic and romantic. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Obsession, identity, isolation, fate
Content: Mild violence, gore and sexual content. No swearing.
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Tone: eeriestrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: obsession
identity
isolation
fate
survival
Places: wilderness
single country house
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language none
Violence mild
Sex mild