Schemes in Antiques (Chinese: 古董局中局; pinyin: Gǔdǒng jú zhōng jú) is a 2021 Chinese adventure, suspense film based on Ma Boyong's novel title, Antique Bureau Central Bureau, directed by Derek Kwok and produced by Han Sanping.[2] Starring Lei Jiayin, Li Xian, Xin Zhilei and Ge You. The movie tells of a dispute in the cultural relics circle caused by the return of a Buddha head by the Japanese Kido family.[3]
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| Simplified Chinese | 古董局中局 |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Gǔdǒng jú zhōng jú |
| Directed by | Derek Kwok |
| Screenplay by |
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| Based on | "Antique Bureau Central Bureau" by Ma Boyong |
| Produced by | Han Sanping Yang Shoucheng |
| Starring | |
| Music by | Chu Wan Pin |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Emperor Motion Pictures |
Release dates |
21 April 2022 (Hong Kong) |
Running time | 123 min |
| Countries | China Hong Kong |
| Language | Mandarin |
| Box office | $51,637,422[1] |
The film has been released in China on November 28, 2021, and later in Hong Kong on April 21, 2022, by Emperor Motion Pictures, it has postponed due to Hong Kong theatre closure of COVID-19 omicron variant pandemic.
Plot
editMiss Kido from Japan (Matsumoto Lili) is about to return a Buddha head of Wu Zetian Mingtang in the Tang Dynasty to China, but she indicated that the descendants of Xu Family, the white character door of the "Five Vessels", an authoritative organization of the cultural relics industry, would come to receive it. And the descendants of Xu's family wish (Lei Jiayin), although they have a talent for ancient times, they have no ambitions. The appearance of the Buddha's head disrupted his life. The entrustment of the granddaughter Huang Yanyan (Xin Zhilei), the head of Wumai, the bizarre death of his father, the persecution of Wumai genius medicine (Li Xian), and the grandfather's death (Ge You)'s follow-up and the pursuit of the mysterious man Lao Zhaofeng (Qin Yan), the wish must be entangled by the forces of all parties to find out the truth of the Buddha's head.
Cast
edit- Lei Jiayin as Xu yuan
- Li Xian as Yao Buran
- Xin Zhilei as Huangyan Yan
- Ge You as Fu Gui
- Qin Yan as Lao Zhaofeng
- Qingxiang Wang as Huang Kewu
- Yong Mei as Shen Ye
- Tao Guo as Xu Heping
- Rock Ji as Scarface
- Alan Aruna as Zheng Guoqu
Production
editThe film was established in 2018 and produced by the Emperor Films. Lei Jiayin, Li Xian, Xin Zhilei and Ge You joined together for the first time at the first filming in September.[4] The shooting process wrapped up in December 2019.[5] On November 28, the film held its premiere in Beijing where director Guo Zijian, the original author and literary consultant Ma Boyong, producer Han Sanping, screenwriter Zhu Xuan, Fan Wenwen, Huang Hai, producer Liang Lin and actors Lei Jiayin, Xin Zhilei, Ge You, Aruna, etc. were present to share the behind the scenes of the film.[6]
Release
editIn China, Schemes in Antiques was scheduled to premiere on 30 April 2021,[7] but the release was postponed.[8]
Box office
editThe pre-sale as of 30 November 2021 is 230.000 rmb[9] or $36,501, with total gross worldwide $51,637,422
References
edit- ^ "Schemes in Antiques". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
- ^ Chao, Teng (September 21, 2019). "The movie version of the "Antique Bureau Central Bureau" is turned on, Starring Lei Jiayin, Li Xian, Ge You" 电影版《古董局中局》开机，雷佳音李现主演，葛优加盟. Beijing News (in Chinese). Archived from the original on September 21, 2019. Retrieved April 12, 2020.
- ^ Zewang, Ma. "Lei Jiayin, Li Xian and Xin Zhilei "enter the game"". Information Times (in Chinese). No. October 4, 2019. pp. A15. Archived from the original on April 14, 2020. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
- ^ Li, Li (September 25, 2019). "Ge You, Lei Jiayin, Li Xian, Xin Xhilei, Joined the movie "Antique Bureau, Central Bureau"" 葛优雷佳音李现辛芷蕾加盟电影《古董局中局》. Beijing Daily (in Chinese). Archived from the original on April 12, 2020. Retrieved April 12, 2020.
- ^ Chao, Teng (December 30, 2019). "Lei Jiayin, Li Xian and Ge You starring in the movie "Schemes in Antiques"" 雷佳音、李现、葛优主演电影《古董局中局》杀青. Beijing News (in Chinese). Archived from the original on February 1, 2020. Retrieved April 12, 2020.
- ^ Wei, Yang (29 November 2021). ""Schemes in Antiques" premieres, the producer claims that there are nearly 30 real antiques in the film jqknews" 《古董局中局》首映 制片人称片中有近30件真古董-中新网. China News (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 1 December 2021. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
- ^ Yang, Jiang. "The movie "Schemes in Antiques" please hold your hand! Lei Jiayin, Li Xian, Xin Zhilei, Ge You are trapped in the "Antique Arena"". Xinmin Evening News (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 30 December 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
- ^ ""档期依赖症"是病，得治".
- ^ Dan, Rao (30 November 2021). "The New Year's Eve file has opened, can it help the annual box office sprint?" 贺岁档拉开帷幕，能否助力年度票房冲刺？. Xinhua News. Archived from the original on 1 December 2021. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
and the number of people wanting to watch "Antique Bureau Middle Game" starring Lei Jiayin, Li Xian, and Ge You three generations of "male gods" actors is as high as 230.000
External links
edit- Schemes in Antiques at IMDb
- Schemes in Antiques at Douban (in Chinese)