Raining in the Mountain (1979) on Netflix

Plot summary

A Buddhist monastery on a mountain in Ming Dynasty China keeps a sacred handwritten scroll of the Tripitaka in its library. Its abbot is retiring and wants help choosing the man who will lead the monastery after him. He welcomes two dignitaries, General Wang Chi and Esquire Wen An, as guests, not knowing that each has also brought martial artists to take the scroll for himself. The general is corrupt and the esquire ambitious. Chiu Ming, also called Hui Ming, arrives at the monastery newly released from prison. The general had once falsely accused him of theft and had him condemned. Chiu Ming is looking for a peaceful life.