Three Monks (1981)
Overview
Adaptation of the Chinese folk tale that gave rise to the proverb “One monk will shoulder two buckets of water, two monks will share the load, but add a third and no one will want to fetch water”.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | zh |
| Popularity | 0.948 |
Directed By
A Da
Crew
A Da
Fuzai Jin
Xiaoxuan Duan
Ma Kexuan
Yan Shanchun
Xuande Xu
Minjin Zhuang
Zhang Songlin
Bao Lei
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