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The Golden Monk

The Golden Monk

20175.11h 30m

Overview

The film tells the story of a monk who realizes he is the reincarnation of Golden Child / Taming Dragon Lohan who was cast down from heaven to experience life and death one hundred times as he broke a sacred rule by falling in love with another fairy, Jade. While Golden Child’s memories were erased, Jade refused to forget their love and accumulated goodwill over one hundred reincarnations…

Directed by Wong Jing
Written by Wong Jing
Produced by Wong Jing
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Top Cast

Ryan Zheng

Ryan Zheng

Jintong / Golden Child

Zhang Yuqi

Zhang Yuqi

Yu Nu / Jade / Jingjing

Xie Yi-lin

Xie Yi-lin

Dugu Wubai

Wong Cho-Lam

Wong Cho-Lam

Wang Dahu

Mao Junjie

Mao Junjie

Sese / Snakey

Jim Chim Sui-Man

Jim Chim Sui-Man

Fuhu Luohan / Taming Tiger Lohan / Kong, Butong’s master

Law Kar-Ying

Law Kar-Ying

Murong Zhengying / Maoshan Daoist monk

Cheng Ye

Cheng Ye

Hae Ergou

Michelle Hu

Michelle Hu

Guanyin

Sun Jiaolong

Sun Jiaolong

Xu Batian

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Themes & Keywords

buddhist monkmonkreincarnation

About The Golden Monk

The Golden Monk is a comedy, fantasy, action film released in 2017 exploring themes of buddhist monk, monk, reincarnation. Directed by Wong Jing, it stars Ryan Zheng, Zhang Yuqi, Xie Yi-lin. The film tells the story of a monk who realizes he is the reincarnation of Golden Child / Taming Dragon Lohan who was cast down from heaven to experience life and death one hundred times as he broke a sacred rule by falling in love with another fairy, Jade. While Golden Child’s memories were erased, Jade refused to forget their love and accumulated goodwill over one hundred reincarnations…

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