Xuan Zang

Xuan Zang

119 mins | History | April 29, 2016

Buddhism-themed Chinese-Indian historical adventure film based on Xuanzang's seventeen-year overland journey to India during the Tang dynasty in the seventh century. Xuan Zang (c. 602 - 664), was a Chinese Buddhist monk, scholar, traveler, and translator who described the interaction between China and India in the early Tang dynasty. From boyhood, he took to reading religious books, including the Chinese classics and the writings of ancient sages. He later travelled throughout China in search of sacred books of Buddhism. Subsequently, he developed the desire to visit India. This is when he became famous for his seventeen-year overland journey to India, which is recorded in detail in the classic Chinese text Great Tang Records on the Western Regions.

Xuan Zang

119 mins | History | April 29, 2016

Xuan Zang
Buddhism-themed Chinese-Indian historical adventure film based on Xuanzang's seventeen-year overland journey to India during the Tang dynasty in the seventh century. Xuan Zang (c. 602 - 664), was a Chinese Buddhist monk, scholar, traveler, and translator who described the interaction between China and India in the early Tang dynasty. From boyhood, he took to reading religious books, including the Chinese classics and the writings of ancient sages. He later travelled throughout China in search of sacred books of Buddhism. Subsequently, he developed the desire to visit India. This is when he became famous for his seventeen-year overland journey to India, which is recorded in detail in the classic Chinese text Great Tang Records on the Western Regions.
IMDb rating 6.2
Producers
Original title 大唐玄奘
Directors Huo Jianqi
Writers

Cast

Huang Xiaoming

as Xuan Zang

Xu Zheng

as Officer

Bajia Pu

as Shi Pan Ni

Luo Jin

as Li Chang

Tan Kai

as Wang Xiang

Vivian Dawson

as Wu Qing

Andrew Lin

as King of Gao Chang

Jonathan Kos-Read

as Cunningham

Winston Chao

as Emperor Taizong of Tang

Kent Tong

as Monk Mu Cha

Hui-Chun Wang

as Monk Zhi Yan

Jiang Chao

as King of Yi Wu

Liang Zhao

as The Eunuch

Che Xiao

as Xuan Zang's mother

Lou Jiayue

as Xinjiang beauty

Liang Zhao

as The Herald