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Mojin: The Lost Legend

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Mojin: The Lost Legend (2015)

PG-13 127 min - Action, Adventure, Fantasy - 18 December 2015
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At the beginning of the 1990s, famous tomb explorer Hu Bayi decided to retire and move to the United States with his girlfriend Shirley. But before his wedding, Bayi discovers his first love Ding Shitian, who supposedly had died in the "One Hundred Cave" 20 years ago, is actually still alive. Together with Shirley and his old exploration partner, Bayi unravels a terrible millennium-old secret...

Director:  Wuershan

Storyline

At the beginning of the 1990s, famous tomb explorer Hu Bayi decided to retire and move to the United States with his girlfriend Shirley. But before his wedding, Bayi discovers his first love Ding Shitian, who supposedly had died in the "One Hundred Cave" 20 years ago, is actually still alive. Together with Shirley and his old exploration partner, Bayi unravels a terrible millennium-old secret...


Collections: Wuershan

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Country:   China
Language:  普通话, Thai
Release Date:  18 December 2015

Box Office

Budget:  $37,000,000
Revenue:  $278,300,000

Company Credits

Production Companies:  Beijing Enlight Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:  2 h 07 min

At the beginning of the 1990s, famous tomb explorer Hu Bayi decided to retire and move to the United States with his girlfriend Shirley.

But before his wedding, Bayi discovers his first love Ding Shitian, who supposedly had died in the “One Hundred Cave” 20 years ago, is actually still alive. Together with Shirley and his old exploration partner, Bayi unravels a terrible millennium-old secret.

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Mojin: The Lost Legend by Wuershan

Mojin: The Lost Legend (previously titled The Ghouls) (English: Touching Gold: The Lost Legend) is a 2015 Chinese action adventure fantasy thriller film based on the novel Ghost Blows Out the Light. It was directed by Wuershan and produced by Chen Kuo-fu. The film was released on December 18, 2015.

Plot

At the beginning of the 1990s, famous tomb explorer Hu Bayi, Wang Kaixuan and Hu’s fiancée Shirley Yang decided to retire to Manhattan. After a supposedly split of the team, Wang Kaixuan was pulled into a deal to locate the ancient tomb of a Mongolian princess. Hu Bayi have been having recurring nightmare of his first love, Ding Sitian, who had supposedly died 20 years ago in an underground tomb beneath the Mongolian plains. The team is lured back to their original vocation by a mysterious, businesswoman/cult leader Ying Caihong who wants them to find the ancient tomb of a Mongolian princess. They eventually learn that what she really wants is to possess a famed artifact known as the Equinox Flower that allegedly has the power to raise the dead.

Production

The film is based on the popular adventure novel series Ghost Blows Out the Light about a trio of legendary grave robbers, and is the second film following Chronicles of the Ghostly Tribe to be adapted based on the series. Mojin was based on the series’ last four volumes while Chronicles of the Ghostly Tribe was based on series’ first four volumes. After Wanda Media acquired the rights to film the last four volumes, other production companies such as Huayi Brothers Media and Beijing Enlight Pictures came on board, adding financial and produced the project.

Filming wrapped up in New York City in late March 2015. As of October 14, 2015, the film was being remastered for the IMAX 3D format.

Source: wikipedia