Schemes in Antiques

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SimplifiedChinese古董局中局
Hanyu PinyinGǔdǒng jú zhōng jú
Directed byDerek Kwok
Screenplay by
  • Zhu Xuan
  • Huang Hai
  • Derek Kwok
  • Fan Wenwen
Schemes in Antiques
The theatrical release poster for "Schemes in Antiques". The characters depicted are seen on a starry background.
Theatrical release poster
Simplified Chinese古董局中局
Hanyu PinyinGǔdǒng jú zhōng jú
Directed byDerek Kwok
Screenplay by
  • Zhu Xuan
  • Huang Hai
  • Derek Kwok
  • Fan Wenwen
Based on"Antique Bureau Central Bureau" by Ma Boyong
Produced byHan Sanping
Yang Shoucheng
Starring
Music byChu Wan Pin
Production
company
Distributed byEmperor Motion Pictures
Release dates
  • 28 November 2021 (2021-11-28) (China)
  • 21 April 2022 (2022-04-21) (Hong Kong)
Running time
123 min
CountriesChina
Hong Kong
LanguageMandarin
Box office$51,637,422[1]

Schemes in Antiques (Chinese: 古董局中局; pinyin: Gǔdǒng jú zhōng jú) is a 2021 adventure, suspense film based on Ma Boyong's novel title, Antique Bureau Central Bureau, directed by Derek Kwok and produced by Han Sanping.[2] The film stars 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]

The film was released in China on November 28, 2021, and later in Hong Kong on April 21, 2022, by Emperor Motion Pictures, it was postponed due to Hong Kong theatre closure of COVID-19 omicron variant pandemic.

Miss 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

  • 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

The film was established in 2018 and produced by the Emperor Films. Lei Jiayin, Li Xian, Xin Zhilei and Ge You joined 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

In China, Schemes in Antiques was scheduled to premiere on 30 April 2021,[7] but the release was postponed.[8]

Box office

References

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