Product Description: LEGEND OF THE SACRED STONE (SHENG SHI CHUAN SHUO) - 2000, Pili International Multimedia, 99 min. Dir. Chris Huang. If you've ever dreamed of seeing a wuxia martial arts epic filled with occult secrets and black magic spells, incredibly choreographed sword fights with spinning / flying / leaping combatants, hidden tombs, lakes of fire, the eternal battle between darkness and light - but told entirely with puppets - then your wait is over! LEGEND OF THE SACRED STONE is based on the tremendously popular Taiwanese TV show "PILI" launched in 1984 that uses traditional Chinese budaixi glove puppetry to tell amazingly elaborate wuxia stories packed with nonstop action and swordplay.
An equal mix of classic Shaw Brothers martial arts movies, THUNDERBIRDS ARE GO, TEAM AMERICA: WORLD POLICE, and Jim Henson's beloved THE DARK CRYSTAL, LEGEND revolves around a group of warriors of Wulin led by white-maned hero Su Huan-Jen trying to prevent Mo Kuei and his spectral assassins called "The Unkind" from gaining possession of the all-powerful Sacred Stone. The Unkind in particular are a riot with their screechy Skeksis-like voices and unexpected sense of humor: "We're the most handsome men in the world!" one chortles. Along the way you get treated to martial arts moves like Aeolian Surprise, Thunder Bars, heroes riding a flying sword like the Silver Surfer, living corpses with melting flesh - oh, and if you've ever wondered how a puppet bleeds, you'll see that too. (And keep an eye out for the second Pili feature DEMIGOD: THE LEGEND BEGINS coming out through Deaf Crocodile later in 2026!) In Taiwanese Hokkien with English subtitles.
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JUMP BACK TO TOPDirector: Chris Huang
Starring: Vincent Huang
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Martial Arts
Runtime: 90 min
Rating: Not Rated
Language: Taiwanese Hokkien
Studio: Deaf Crocodile Films
Home Video Release Date: August 25, 2026
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- Codec: MPEG-4 AVC
- Resolution: 1080p
- Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
- Region: Region A/1
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- Blu-ray: DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0
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JUMP BACK TO TOP- New video interview with director Chris Huang and members of the PILI puppeteering team. (In Taiwanese Hokkien with English subtitles).
- New audio commentary by puppeteer & filmmaker Ben Wolf Page, Associate Editor of The Puppetry Journal for the Puppeteers of America.
- "Puppets, Wuxia, and Spirituality: The Lore and Inspirations Behind Legend of the Sacred Stone" -- new visual essay by film historian Evan Chester (17 min.)
- Two original trailers for the feature (with English subtitles).
- "Su Huan-Jen Character Spotlight" (1987-2024, 5 min.) – a newly-edited compilation for this release showing the evolution of the character of Su Huan-Jen over the course of nearly 40 years of PILI TV (with English subtitles).
- New wrap art by Beth Morris.
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