The Monk (2015)

2015 film by Chen Kaige

Released

2015

Country

People's Republic of China

Language

Standard Chinese

Genre

Martial arts film

Director

Chen Kaige

Music

Klaus Badelt, George Acogny

Starring

Wang Baoqiang, Aaron Kwok, Chang Chen, Lin Chi-ling, Fan Wei, Li Xuejian, Wang Xueqi, Yuen Wah

Running time

123 minutes

Set in

Hangzhou

Monk Comes Down the Mountain (Chinese: 道士下山) is a 2015 Chinese fantasy-adventure-comedy film directed by Chen Kaige and starring Wang Baoqiang, Aaron Kwok, Chang Chen, Lin Chi-ling, Fan Wei, Yuen Wah, Vanness Wu, Wang Xueqi, Danny Chan, Lam Suet and Dong Qi. It is based on the best-selling novel Dao Shi Xia Shan (A Monk Comes Down the Mountain) by Xu Haofeng. Filming started in March 2014 on location in Xianghe, Hebei. The film was released on July 3, 2015. It was the first movie with DTS:X and was available in IMAX 3D.

Cast

• Wang Baoqiang
• Aaron Kwok
• Chang Chen
• Lin Chi-ling
• Fan Wei
• Li Xuejian
• Wang Xueqi
• Yuen Wah
• Liu Kang
• Vanness Wu
• Lam Suet
• Danny Chan
• Dong Qi

External links

• Wikipedia
• IMDb
• TMDb
• Wikidata

Facts from Wikidata Q17011429 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.