--- title: 'The Monk (2015)' type: 'film' director: 'Chen Kaige' released: '2015-01-01' runtime_minutes: 123 genres: - 'Action' countries: - 'People''s Republic of China' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-monk-2015' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3594826/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # The Monk (2015) 2015 · 123 min · Action · People's Republic of China ## Synopsis Monk Comes Down the Mountain 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 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. ## Credits - **Director:** [Chen Kaige](https://cinepixo.com/people/chen-kaige) - **Original Music Composer:** [Klaus Badelt](https://cinepixo.com/people/klaus-badelt), [George Acogny](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-acogny) ## Cast - [Liu Kang](https://cinepixo.com/people/liu-kang) - [Dong Qi](https://cinepixo.com/people/dong-qi) - [Li Xuejian](https://cinepixo.com/people/li-xuejian) - [Lam Suet](https://cinepixo.com/people/lam-suet) - [Lin Chi-ling](https://cinepixo.com/people/lin-chi-ling) - [Vanness Wu](https://cinepixo.com/people/vanness-wu) - [Yuen Wah](https://cinepixo.com/people/yuen-wah) - [Chang Chen](https://cinepixo.com/people/chang-chen) - [Wang Xueqi](https://cinepixo.com/people/wang-xueqi) - [Aaron Kwok](https://cinepixo.com/people/aaron-kwok) - [Wang Baoqiang](https://cinepixo.com/people/wang-baoqiang) - [Fan Wei](https://cinepixo.com/people/fan-wei) - [Danny Chan](https://cinepixo.com/people/danny-chan-2) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-monk-2015 Film facts: Wikidata (Q17011429); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.