Legend of the Sacred Stone
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| Chinese | 聖石傳說 |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Shèng Shí Chuán Shuō |
| Directed by | Huang Chiang-hua (黃強華) |
| Written by | Huang Chiang-hua (黃強華) |
| Produced by | Huang Wen-tse (黃文擇) Liu Li-hui (劉麗惠)、Tsai Jung-chuan (蔡融涓) |
| Cinematography | Tsai Meng-yu (蔡孟育) |
| Edited by | Hsiao Ju-kuan (蕭汝冠) |
| Music by | Shanghai Symphony Orchestra (上海交響樂團) |
Production company | Pili International Multimedia (霹靂國際多媒體) |
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| Country | Taiwan |
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| Budget | NT$300 million |
| Box office | NT$150 million |
The Legend of the Sacred Stone (聖石傳說) is a 2000 Taiwanese glove puppetry feature film written and directed by Huang Chiang-hua (黃強華). A spin-off from the Pili television series, it reflects the traditional Taiwanese style of glove puppetry known as budaixi, supplemented with computer-generated imagery.
With a budget of NT$300 million and three years of production time, it was a major innovation for the glove puppetry genre and marked a milestone in its cinematic development. The film pioneered cross-industry promotional strategies and became the first Taiwanese film to premiere simultaneously in all five major cinema chains across the island. Its opening week box office of NT$28 million surpassed Toy Story 2. However, despite eventually becoming the first local film to gross over NT$100 million, it was considered a box-office bomb, earning only NT$150 million against its NT$300 million budget. It was soon surpassed by Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000).