Monk Comes Down the Mountain is a 2015 Mandarin-language Action movie directed by Kaige Chen and Chen Kaige and produced by Chen Hong under the banner of New Classics Media in collaboration with Columbia Pictures. Based on Xu Haofeng's novel A Monk Comes Down the Mountain, the film relates the story of a listless.. Monk comes down the mountain features Wang Baoqiang in the lead role along with an ensemble cast including Aaron Kwok, Chang Chen, Lin Chi-ling, Fan Wei, Yuen Wah and Vanness Wu. The music was composed by Klaus Badelt. Cinematography was done by Geoffrey Simpson. The motion picture has a running time of 123 minutes. The motion picture made a box office gross of $64 million. Distribution rights for the film were acquired by New Classics Media.