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During the Late Tang Dynasty, a manor is invaded by a demon cat and a sense of unrest befalls the capital of Changan. A poet is charged with investigating the case and meets up with a monk. The two work together and pull apart the thread of clues to reveal a history of truths leading to the events.
Huang Xuan
Bai Letian
Shota Sometani
Kukai
Hiroshi Abe
Abe Nakamaro
Zhang Yuqi
Chunqin
Qin Hao
Chen Yunqiao
Zhang Tian'ai
Huji Yulian
Keiko Matsuzaka
Bai Ling
Liu Haoran
Bai Long
Sandrine Pinna
Yang Guifei
Cheng Taishen
The Watermelon Man
Legend of the Demon Cat is a fantasy, adventure, family film released in 2017 exploring themes of based on novel or book, cat, emperor, poet, tang dynasty, concubine. Directed by Chen Kaige, it stars Huang Xuan, Shota Sometani, Hiroshi Abe. During the Late Tang Dynasty, a manor is invaded by a demon cat and a sense of unrest befalls the capital of Changan. A poet is charged with investigating the case and meets up with a monk. The two work together and pull apart the thread of clues to reveal a history of truths leading to the events.
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