Huang Lei, Lei Huang, Qing Xu, Xu Qing, Zhongyuan Liu
An old, blind banjo player (Zhongyuan Liu) was promised as a child that when he broke his thousandth string, his sight would be restored. As the promised cure draws near, he and his apprentice, Shitou... read more 
Directed by: Kaige Chen
DVD Release Date: March 8, 2005
Old blind musician wanders around the Chinese backwaters with young blind disciple in tow. There is a plot.. old musician believes than when he breaks his 1000th string on his instrument (hence the title) he will see again and there's some quite pretty music and some philosophica... read more
A gentleman recommended this because I liked Farewell My Concubine. All I can say is that it sure ain't on par with that movie. It's so obvious from the beginning to end exactly what the message of the film is.
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