Monk Comes Down the Mountain () is a 2015 Chinese fantasy-adventure-comedy film directed by Chen Kaige and starring Wang Baoqiang, Aaron Kwok, Chang Chen, Lin Chi-ling, Fan Wei, Yuen Wah, Vanness Wu, Wang Xueqi, Danny Chan, Lam Suet and Dong Qi. It is based on the best-selling novel Dao Shi Xia Shan (A Monk Comes Down the Mountain) by Xu Haofeng. Filming started in March 2014 on location in Xianghe, Hebei. The film was released on July 3, 2015. It was the first movie with DTS:X and was available in IMAX 3D. Plot He Anxia is a simple monk living in a secluded Taoist temple, one day he's asked to leave the temple partly because of his trouble making but also because the master wishes for him to experience the outside world. Upon descending from the mountain, Anxia quickly finds himself in a city where he meets Tsui Daoning, a doctor of Chinese medicine as well as the owner a Apothecary; Tsui, partly because he feels sorry for the younger man and partly because he finds his antics funny, decides to take Anxia in as his apprentice. As he's working, He Anxia comes to learn that Tsui has a much younger brother named Daorong who's not only a never-do-well that's constantly in debt but is also secretly having an affair with Tsui Daorong's wife. One night, the younger Daorong kills his brother using medicine provided unwittingly by the wife. He Anxia wishes for the wife and brother to respect Daorong's spirit by remaining home, despite knowing the pair are responsible for his death, but they ignore him and go out to celebrate on a hired boat. However, during the ride, the lovers wind up getting into an argument which leads to a struggle that causes the ship to spring a leak. Panicking, Daorong and the wife try to escape only to find they're locked inside the sinking boat. He Anxia dives to the boat, but instead of saving them, he lets the couple drown for their crimes. Despite having avenged his master, He Anxia feels guilt for his inaction and goes to a Buddhist temple in an attempt to atone for it. There, He meets an Abbott who's aware of his crime and scolds him for it, he then tells He that if he wishes to be free from his burden he must meditate in the temple for 7 days.