Three Monks
1981, Chinese. Directed by A Da.
Adaptation of the Chinese folk tale that gave rise to the proverb “One monk will shoulder two buckets of water, two monks will share the load, but add a third and no one will want to fetch water”.
- Runtime
- 0h 20m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Chinese
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- Released
- 1 January 1981
- Original title
- 三个和尚
- Country
- China
- Written by
- Bao Lei
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Three Monks isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 January 1981. (Checked 8 November 2026.)
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Who directed Three Monks?
Three Monks (1981) was directed by A Da and stars Bao Lei, A Da.