The Life God 云深不知处
Chinese title (trad.):
雲深不知處
Chinese title (simpl.):
云深不知处
Russian title:
Бог жизни
Release year:
1975
Country:
Taiwan
Genre:
drama, historical
Language:
mandarin
Description:
During the Northern Song dynasty, Wu Ben, a man from Fujian, vowed to study medicine and save his mother, who was paralyzed on one side of her body. When he heard of the renowned physician Chen Yi at the Huichuntang clinic in Quanzhou, he came to beg Doctor Chen to go to the countryside and treat his mother. Moved by the young man's filial devotion and struck by his natural brilliance, Doctor Chen gladly agreed and resolved to take him on as a disciple. Wu Ben stayed in the doctor's house to learn medicine. Show more The doctor's second wife made things difficult for him at every turn, while Chunlan, the doctor's daughter by his first wife, cared for him in every way. One day the doctor took Wu Ben up the mountain to gather herbs, and they ran into bandits. The doctor escaped home, while the wounded Wu Ben was rescued by a woodcutter. In a cave, the woodcutter healed his wounds, taught him acupuncture, and gave him a handwritten manual of acupuncture techniques. When the doctor returned home, he fell gravely ill and never rose again. Wu Ben's senior fellow disciple, Zhang Hong, tried to violate Chunlan; another disciple rushed to her rescue, and in the brawl that followed a stove was knocked over and the house burned down. Wu Ben hurried back to Quanzhou, found Huichuntang in ruins, and took Chunlan back to his hometown. There he treated his mother while delving deeper into acupuncture, and as word of his skill spread, more and more villagers came to him for help. That autumn, plague swept through the Zhangzhou and Quanzhou region, claiming countless lives. Wu Ben, heedless of danger to himself, went into the city to practice medicine, and the grateful people came to revere him as a deity. After his death, every household set up a shrine to him and prayed for peace and safety. He later became known as the "Great Emperor Who Protects Life," and people carved his image and built the Baoan Temple; the custom spread to Taiwan as well.
In 1976 the film won the Best Actor award (Ku Ming-Lun) at the International Film Festival in Texas, USA.
In 1976 the film won the Best Actor award (Ku Ming-Lun) at the International Film Festival in Texas, USA.
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218 m.
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55 m.
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