Xuan Zang (2016) on Netflix
In the Tang dynasty's Zhen Guan era, the young monk Xuan Zang leaves China for India, seeking the essence of Buddhist teaching. Soldiers, deserts and snow-covered mountains bar his way.
- Watch on NetflixThis title is not on Netflix right now. Please check back later for updates.
- Watch on NordVPN
- Netflix3.2/5
- IMDb6.3/10588 votes
- Rotten TomatoesNot available
Trailer
Plot summary
Xuan Zang is a young Buddhist monk in Tang dynasty China, during the Zhen Guan era of Emperor Taizong. As an infant he is set adrift on a river in a basket, and a monk rescues him and teaches him Buddhist scriptures. Grown, he wants to find the essence of Buddhism and to bring Buddhist scriptures back to China, and he sets out on an overland journey of many years toward India. His road runs through deserts where food and water run short, and through snow-covered mountain ranges. Natural disasters strike, and soldiers stand in his way. Along the route he also sees the suffering of common people.
Cast
- Liang Zhaoas The Imperial Edict Reader
- Xiao Cheas Xuan Zang's Mother
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Xuan Zang (2016)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- The film was a co-production between China Film Corporation and India's Eros International, and was a prestige project: the first agreement on joint film productions was signed in May 2015 in the presence of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese Communist Party General Secretary Xi Jinping.
- The film opens with baby Xuanzang set adrift in a basket and rescued by a monk who teaches him Buddhist scriptures, but his real biography says he was raised at home and taught the scriptures by his father and older brother.
- In the film a sudden storm capsizes Xuanzang's boat, throwing him, an elephant and the scriptures into the river, and the slave Jayaram dives in to save some of them; the biography says the boat was tossed by the waves but did not overturn.
