The Thousand Faces of Dunjia

2017 Chinese film

The Thousand Faces of Dunjia

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Chinese| 奇門遁甲
Directed by| Yuen Woo-ping
Screenplay by| Tsui Hark
Produced by| Nansun Shi
Wei Junzi
Huang Yonghui
Starring| Da Peng
Ni Ni
Aarif Rahman
Zhou Dongyu
Wu Bai
Liu Yan

Production
companies

Le Vision Pictures
Acme Image
Beijing Jinhui Yinghua Entertainment
Star Century Picture

Distributed by| Aeon Pix Studios ( Russia )

Release date

* 15 December 2017 (2017-12-15)

Country| China
Language| Mandarin

The Thousand Faces of Dunjia (Chinese: 奇門遁甲) is a 2017 Chinese fantasy-wuxia film directed by Yuen Woo-ping; scripted and produced by Tsui Hark.[1] The film stars Da Peng, Aarif Lee, Ni Ni, Wu Bai, and Zhou Dongyu.[2]

## Plot

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The film follows a group of swordsmen's adventures to secretly protect humankind by hunting some mysterious creatures from the outer space.

## Cast

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* Da Peng as Zhuge Qingyun
* Ni Ni as Metal Dragonfly
* Aarif Rahman as Dao Yichang
* Zhou Dongyu as Xiao Yuan
* Wu Bai as Boss
* Liu Yan
* Tiger Xu
* Yang Yiwei
* Mo Tse
* Sun Mingming
* Zhang Yiqian

## Awards and nominations

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12th Asian Film Awards | Best Action Film | The Thousand Faces of Dunjia | Nominated | [3][4]
Best Costume Design | Nominated
Best Visual Effects | Nominated
37th Hong Kong Film Awards | Best Action Choreography | Yuen Cheung-yan, Yuen Shun-yi | Nominated | [5]
Best Visual Effects | Jang Seong-ho, Park Young-soo, Son Oh-young | Nominated

## Reception

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The film has received poor reviews. It has a 33% score on Rotten Tomatoes.[6]

Variety called it "bloated with visual effects" and said "lacks the intellectual grounding or cinematic oomph that made better works like The Taking of Tiger Mountain more than mere spectacles."[1] RogerEbert.com gave the film two stars calling it "unnecessarily busy."[2] The Hollywood Reporter described it as "A peppy but generic fantasy with action too reliant on CG."[7]

## References

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1. ^ a b Lee, Maggie (17 December 2017). "Film Review: 'The Thousand Faces of Dunjia'". Variety. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
2. ^ a b Abrams, Simon (15 December 2017). "The Thousand Faces of Dunjia". RogerEbert.com. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
3. ^ "Asian Film Awards 2018 nominations". South China Morning Post. 11 January 2018. Archived from the original on 14 April 2018. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
4. ^ "Asian Film Awards: 'Youth' Wins Top Prize From 'Demon Cat'". Variety. 17 March 2018. Archived from the original on 17 March 2018. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
5. ^ "Hong Kong Film Awards nominations 2018: Ann Hui's Our Time Will Come leads race with 11 nods". South China Morning Post. 6 February 2018. Archived from the original on 19 February 2018. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
6. ^ "The Thousand Faces of Dunjia". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
7. ^ "'The Thousand Faces of Dunjia': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. 15 December 2017. Retrieved 17 February 2024.

## External links

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* The Thousand Faces of Dunjia at IMDb

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Films directed by Yuen Woo-ping

* Snake in the Eagle's Shadow (1978)
* Drunken Master (1978)
* Dance of the Drunk Mantis (1979)
* The Magnificent Butcher (1979)
* Dreadnaught (1981)
* Legend of a Fighter (1982)
* The Miracle Fighters (1982)
* Shaolin Drunkard (1983)
* Drunken Tai Chi (1984)
* Mismatched Couples (1985)
* Tiger Cage (1988)
* In the Line of Duty 4: Witness (1989)
* Tiger Cage 2 (1990)
* Tiger Cage 3 (1991)
* Iron Monkey (1993)
* Heroes Among Heroes (1993)
* Tai Chi Master (1993)
* Wing Chun (1994)
* Tai Chi Boxer (1996)
* True Legend (2010)
* Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny (2016)
* The Thousand Faces of Dunjia (2017)
* Master Z: Ip Man Legacy (2018)
* Septet: The Story of Hong Kong (2022)

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Films by Tsui Hark

Films directed|

* The Butterfly Murders (1979)
* We're Going to Eat You (1980, also writer)
* Dangerous Encounters of the First Kind (1980, also writer)
* All the Wrong Clues (1981)
* Zu: Warriors from the Magic Mountain (1983)
* Shanghai Blues (1984, also produced)
* Aces Go Places 3 (1984)
* Peking Opera Blues (1986, also produced)
* A Better Tomorrow III: Love & Death in Saigon (1989, also produced)
* Once Upon a Time in China (1991, also writer and produced)
* Once Upon a Time in China II (1992, also writer and produced)
* The Master (1992, also produced)
* Green Snake (1993, also writer and produced)
* Once Upon a Time in China III (1993, also writer and produced)
* The Lovers (1994, also writer and produced)
* Once Upon a Time in China V (1994, also writer and produced)
* The Blade (1995, also writer and produced)
* The Chinese Feast (1995, also writer and produced)
* Tristar (1996, also writer and produced)
* Double Team (1997)
* Knock Off (1998)
* Time and Tide (2000, also writer and produced)
* The Legend of Zu (2001, also writer and produced)
* Black Mask 2: City of Masks (2002, also produced)
* Seven Swords (2005, also writer and produced)
* Missing (2008, also writer and produced)
* All About Women (2008, also writer and produced)
* Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame (2010, also produced)
* Flying Swords of Dragon Gate (2011, also writer and produced)
* Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon (2013, also writer and produced)
* The Taking of Tiger Mountain (2014, also writer)
* Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back (2017, also writer and produced)
* Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings (2018, also produced)

Films written|

* A Better Tomorrow II (1987; also produced)
* A Chinese Ghost Story III (1991, also produced)
* Swordsman II (1992, also produced)
* New Dragon Gate Inn (1992, also produced)
* The Wicked City (1992; also produced)
* Iron Monkey (1993; also produced)
* The East Is Red (1993; also produced)
* Once Upon a Time in China IV (1993; also produced)
* Black Mask (1996; also produced)
* The Era of Vampires (2002, also produced)
* Sword Master (2016; also produced)
* The Thousand Faces of Dunjia (2017)

Films produced only|

* A Better Tomorrow (1986)
* A Chinese Ghost Story (1987)
* The Big Heat (1988)
* I Love Maria (1988)
* The Killer (1989)
* Fight and Love with a Terracotta Warrior (1990)
* The Swordsman (1990)
* A Chinese Ghost Story II (1990)
* Shanghai Grand (1996)
* Once Upon a Time in China and America (1997)
* The Climbers (2019)

Collaborating director|

* The Banquet (1991)
* Twin Dragons (1992)
* Triangle (2007)
* Septet: The Story of Hong Kong (2020)
* The Battle at Lake Changjin (2021)
* The Battle at Lake Changjin II (2022)

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