Legend of Sealed Book
Legend of Sealed Book (Chinese: 天书奇谭; pinyin: Tian Shu Qi Tan) is a Chinese animated feature film produced by Shanghai Animation Film Studio. It is also referred to as Book Which Came from the Sky, Tales about the Heavenly Book and Secrets of the Heavenly Book.
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| Directed by | Wang Shuchen |
Release date | 1983 |
Running time | 70 mins |
| Country | China |
| Language | Mandarin |
Background
The film was produced with rigorous dubbing, fluid combination of music and vivid animations. The story is based on the classic literary work Ping Yao Zhuan (平妖传, "The Suppression of the Demons") authored by Feng Menglong.[1]
Story
Yuangong, the deacon, opens the shrine and exposes the holy book to the human world. He also carves the contents of the book on the stone wall of white cloud cave in the mountains. He is then punished by the Jade Emperor to guard the book for life for breaking heaven's law and betraying the holy secret to humankind. In order to pass this holy book to human beings, he must get by the antagonist fox.
DVD
The movie was republished on two disc DVDs. The first disk contains the movie, the second contain other work from the director Wang Shuchen.
References
- ClubCity. "ClubCity Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine." Animation List. Retrieved on 2006-01-17.