Village and Jeonju Ryussi-musiljongtaek (Ryu noble family’s estate). These are great places to experience the essence of Korea’s traditional lifestyles.
Andong has become a famous tourist area ever since Queen Elizibeth visited in 1999. She spent her birthday in Andong visiting such places as Hahoe Village, Dosan Confucian School, Byeongsan Confucian School, Bongjeongsa Temple, Icheon-dong
VILLAGERS LINING A ROAD
Loch Shiel, Scottish Highlands, 1536. Glamis castle
towers over thatched huts by the shore.
A DRAWBRIDGE CRASHES down like thunder, skirling BAG-
PIPES and DRUMS.
THE CLAN MACLEOD
Two hundred strong, rides out to battle, tartan cloaks,
bronze shields, claymores flashing in the sun.
Hatchet-faced FATHER RAINEY chants prayers.
FATHER RAINEY
God bless our brave heroes. May
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village at once.
- We just came from Ji-san.
- Did he see something?
Yes, in the forest.
Somethings wrong.
- The birds have gone.
- The animals too.
Ill go to the watchtower
and check with Ji-san.
You three hurry back home
and be quick about it.
All right.
Be careful!
Huh?
Somethings there.
- Ji-san, did you see it too?
- I did. It isnt human.
The wise womans calling everybody
back to the village
VILLAGE - DAY
Plague. Once a charming settlement it is now ravaged by
disease. Everywhere BONFIRES burn, sending plumes of BLACK
SMOKE rising into the sky -- the ash and soot drift back down,
blackening the earth. VILLAGERS scurry about in tattered
clothing, their faces soiled by soot as they throw objects of
WOOD and CLOTH into the fires.
THREE HORSEMEN ride into the village. Two of them we can
Security men and porters are loading wagons for a convoy. As they work, we see across the lake a lone horseman entering the village. One of the men recognizes him.
WORKER
Master Li is here!
ANGLE ON LI MU BAI, thirties, powerful and handsome.
In the background, old AUNT WU, at the sight of Li Mu Bai, drops her parcels and runs excitedly into the building.
INT. YUAN HALLWAY - DAY
Aunt Wu runs hurr