Founding of the Ming Dynasty

Overview

Founding of the Ming Dynasty is a highly fictionalized fantasy retelling of the early years of Zhu Yuanzhang’s life that was obviously geared toward younger audiences. The tale actually begins in Heaven, where the various gods are busy paving the way for a new emperor. The very basic facts of Zhu Yuanzhang’s life are ostensibly correct, but it takes a rather unexpected turn into traditional giant monster territory, with a Taoist priest summoning a gigantic red-haired ogre (amusingly referred to as ‘superman’ in the subtitles) to destroy our heroes, who are in turn rescued when a golden dragon (the animal manifestation of one of the deities from earlier in the film) rises from the ocean to do battle with said ogre.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

February 18, 1971

Original language

Chinese

Spoken languages

Chinese

Countries

Taiwan

Production

Ltd.,Foo Hwa Cinema Co.,Foo Hwa Cinema Co., Ltd.

Cast

Peter Yang Kwan,Chu Jing,Sun Yueh,Ming Chiang,Tsao Chien,Su Chen-Ping,John Ting,Wu Ho,Shu-chu Chen,Yu Lungand 24 more

Director

Hsu Ta-Chun

Writer

Tyrone Hsu,Yu-Yen Lin

Producer

Wong Chin-Choi

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt1909363