Spring Festival movie guide 2021
- By Zhang Rui
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3. "The Yinyang Master"
Adapted from the mobile game Onmyoji, the film centers on the yin-yang master Qing Ming (known as Abe no Seimei in Japan), a genius onmyoji practitioner who lives in a fictional world where monsters and human coexist. The movie is an exotic mix of Chinese and Japanese culture. The novel "Onmyoji" was written by Japanese author Baku Yumemakura and centers around the Chinese legend of the yin-yang master, who specializes in exorcising demons and performing rituals.
Chinese game developer NetEase Games adapted it into a role-playing game (RPG), while working with Huayi Brothers Media and CKF Pictures to produce a feature film directed by Li Weiran and starring Chen Kun and Zhou Xun. "The Yinyang Master" features 2,833 visual effects shots, including 702 digital monsters. Many of the beasts are cute and reminiscent of similar characters in the popular Monster Hunt franchise. The film will mark a great breakthrough in digital character creation for Chinese films.
The film's overseas distribution rights were acquired by Netflix, but a release date has not yet been set.
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