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Legend of the Demon Cat

CHEN Kaige|China, Japan|2017 |129min |Korean Premiere |12+

Schedule

Code
358
Time
7/15  14:00 - 16:09
Theater
Songnae Solan Art Hall
Rate
12
Code
501
Time
7/17  14:00 - 16:09
Theater
Bucheon City Hall, Main Theater(2F)
Rate
12
Code
901
Time
7/21  11:30 - 13:39
Theater
Bucheon City Hall, Main Theater(2F)
Rate
12

Unless following Subtitle code is marked, all films will have English subtitles
º°¾ÆÀÌÄÜNotice of No English-Subtitle

Schedule

Code
358
Time
7/15  14:00 - 16:09
Theater
Songnae Solan Art Hall
Rate
12
Code
501
Time
7/17  14:00 - 16:09
Theater
Bucheon City Hall, Main Theater(2F)
Rate
12
Code
901
Time
7/21  11:30 - 13:39
Theater
Bucheon City Hall, Main Theater(2F)
Rate
12

Unless following Subtitle code is marked, all films will have English subtitles
º°¾ÆÀÌÄÜNotice of No English-Subtitle

Program Note

This is a collaborative masterpiece of China and Japan by Director Chen Kaige, who produced Farewell My Concubine (1993): it is one of the best Chinese movies to people in Hong Kong, and was awarded Cannes Film Festival Golden Palm. It contains the true character of an eternal star, Leslie Cheung. This is a fantasy mystery as well as a growth story where Bai Juyi, a poet known to have lived in Chinese Tang Dynasty, and a Japanese monk Kukai tries to dig into and solve the truth of mysterious events between Emperor Xuanzong of Tang and Yang Guifei’s love story and death. Whether to remain in illusion like the talking cat, or whether to realize that ‘there is also truth in illusion’ and wake up is also a valid choice for the audience also enjoying illusion, the movie. The original is a Japanese novel ¡¸Samon Kukai¡¹, which is based on historical research. Despite being a historical movie, the visual arts indigenous to Chen Kaige is expanded through modern CG, impersonation, special effects, super-high camera, speedy camera walking, and various editing techniques to make it modern. As if the Tang dynasty is reproduced as it is, the movie unfolds a grandeur scale, a lively flow, and gorgeous actions. Sometani Shota, known for
Parasyte in Korea, acts as Kukai and shows offbeat acting. It would be another joy to compare this film with the buddy detective movies which has become a trend in Korea. (HONG Eun-hwa)

Credit

Producer
Chen Hong
Screenplay
Wang Hui-Ling
Author of the Original Work
Yumemakura Baku
Cinematographer
Cao Yu
Editor
Li Dianshi
Music
Klaus Badelt
Production Design
Wei Lu, Nan Tu
Sales
Emperor Motion Pictures/Kadokawa

Director

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CHEN Kaige

Born in 1952, in Beijing, Chen Kaige graduated from Beijing Film Academy. His first film, Yellow Earth (1984) won various prizes as well as an an international reputation. Farewell My Concubine (1993) won the Palme d’Or at Cannes Film Festival, Golden Globe Award Best Foreign Language Film and nomination for Academy Award Best Foreign Language Film.