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The drummer.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- New world cinema: independent features & shorts, 1990-present.
- New world cinema: independent features & shorts, 1990-present
- Language:
- Chinese
- Subjects (All):
- Drummers (Musicians)--Drama.
- Drummers (Musicians).
- Feature films--China--Hong Kong.
- Feature films.
- China--Hong Kong.
- Triads (Organized crime)--Drama.
- Triads (Organized crime).
- Genre:
- Drama.
- Fiction films.
- Feature films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 streaming video file (113 min.) : sound, color.
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Film Movement, 2007.
- Language Note:
- This edition in Cantonese and Mandarin with English subtitles.
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- video file
- Summary:
- "This compelling and emotional story follows Sid, a reckless youth raised in a Hong Kong triad family, who flees to Taiwan upon enraging a mob boss. Hiding out in the mountains of Taiwan, he encounters and joins a group of zen drummers whose mesmerizing art, rigorous physical training, and austere way of life eventually transform him into an extraordinary young man. Sid's independence from the triad life is profoundly challenged, however, when a twist of fate awaits him back home in Hong Kong and forces him to choose between loyalty to his family and new-found faith in himself ..."--Original container.
- Notes:
- "RLT082."
- Original title: Zhan. gu.
- Originally released as a motion picture in 2007.
- Electronic reproduction. Alexandria, VA : Alexander Street Press, 2012. (New world cinema: independent features & shorts, 1990-present). Available via World Wide Web.
- Other Format:
- RLT082
- OCLC:
- 823748058
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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