“Mojin-The-Lost-Legend”
Friday, May 19 – 5 pm – room 9A
Directed by Wu Ershan Starring Chen Kun, Huang Bo, Shu Qi
Genres action, adventure, thriller Release date 2001 (China)
Running time 125 minutes Languages Chinese
The movie is based on the popular adventure novel series Ghost Blows Out the Light about a trio of legendary grave robbers. The protagonists are a famous trio of tomb explorers Hu Bayi, Wang Kaixuan and Hu’s fiancée Shirley Yang. After deciding to split and retire to Manhattan at the beginning of the 1990s, the trio is lured back to their original vocation when Wang is pulled into a deal with a mysterious businesswoman to locate the ancient tomb of a Mongolian princess. But the woman’s real aim is to find and possess the Equinox Flower, a famed artifact that allegedly has the power to raise the dead…
The film won the 53rd Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards for Best Visual Effects
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