王佛脱险记

中世纪的汉王朝，生活着一位遗世独立的画家王佛，他潜心作画，不为名累，却也穷困潦倒，居无定所。富家子弟林偶然机会经王佛点播，得以见识到世间景物更为美丽的一面，遂诚心拜在王佛门下。林向老师提供吃穿用行，散尽家财。貌美的妻子因此幽怨枯槁，自缢身亡。无怨无悔的林跟随师傅走过千山万水，专心修行。 　　某日师徒俩被士兵带入皇宫，面见天子。当他们战战兢兢，不知所谓之时，天子却道出抓捕他们的原委：当今天子自幼欣赏王佛的画作，一心认为世间万物便如画中描绘的绚烂雍容、华丽多彩，而当他发现真相并非如此时，对王佛便顿生恨意，遂决定弄瞎这位大师的双眼……Wang Fo, the greatest master of medieval China, aided by his assistant who has given up everything to follow him, desperately seeks aesthetic perfection. A day comes when he thinks he has achieved it. But his genius arouses both the curiosity and the jealousy of the Emperor. Wang Fo will be able to escape the Emperor's vindictiveness only by going to the end of his talent.