Incense (film)

Chinese film

Incense

Chinese| 香火
Hanyu Pinyin| Xiāng Huǒ
Directed by| Ning Hao
Written by| Ning Hao
Produced by|

* Zhang Yu
* Liu Qingmiao

Starring| Li Qiang
Cinematography| Ning Hao
Edited by|

* Liu Xin
* Lao Wu

Running time

| 98 minutes
Country| China
Language| Jin Chinese

Incense is a 2003 Chinese indie/underground film written and directed by Ning Hao, then a Beijing Film Academy film major, on a ¥9000 budget. The film tells a somewhat humorous and tragic story about a Buddhist monk in a remote Shanxi village trying to repair the statue in his dilapidated temple. After encountering bureaucratic government employees, crooked policemen, and thugs who lie to him or rob him, he finally decides to bamboozle superstitious believers to raise the money.

The film was never released in Chinese theaters but rather shown at international film festivals and a few "art houses" in the west.

## References

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* Lin, Xiaoping (2009). "Ning Hao's Incense: A Curious Tale of Earthly Buddhism". In Lu, Sheldon H.; Mi, Jiayan (eds.). Chinese Ecocinema: In the Age of Environmental Challenge. Hong Kong University Press. pp. 235–253\. ISBN 978-962-209-085-9.

## External links

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* Incense at IMDb

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Films directed by Ning Hao

* Incense (2003)
* Mongolian Ping Pong (2005)
* Crazy Stone (2006)
* Crazy Racer (2009)
* Guns and Roses (2012)
* No Man's Land (2013)
* Breakup Buddies (2014)
* Crazy Alien (2019)
* The Movie Emperor (2023)

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