A Touch of Zen (1970)

Name: A Touch of Zen
Director: King Hu
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Released: 1970
Duration: 180 min

俠女

ThumbScore

👍 87%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.

Critics Score

🎬 97% (RT: 97%)

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Criterion Channel

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Director

King Hu

Runtime

Country

Hong Kong, Taiwan

Language

Chinese

TMDB Rating

7.6/10 (238 votes)

Rotten Tomatoes

97%

Cast

Hsu Feng as Yang Hui-zhen

Shih Chun as Gu Sheng-zhai

Pai Ying as General Shi Wen-qiao

Tien Peng as Ouyang Nian

Roy Chiao as Abbot Hui-yuan · 78% avg

Tsao Chien as Magistrate Xu Zheng-qing

Miao Tian as Nie Qiu (Men Da's Advisor)

Melvin Chang Yun-Wen as Tao Lung

Is A Touch of Zen good?

Yes. 87% audience score, estimated from 238 TMDB ratings. Critics agree, scoring it 97%.

Where it ranks on ThumbScore

On ThumbScore's lists

The Best Adventure Movies on Criterion Channel (#12) · The Best Action Movies on Criterion Channel (#16) · The Best Fantasy Movies on Criterion Channel (#16)

Overview

Yang Hui-zhen, a mysterious princess on the run from corrupt government officials, is joined in her endeavors by skilled Buddhist monks and an unambitious painter named Gu Sheng-zhai. Wikipedia ↗