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"Guest from the Sui Dynasty" Director: Zhuang Yuxin
"Guest from the Sui Dynasty" Cast List: Tu Songyan, Li Yu, Deng Jiajia
"Guest from the Sui Dynasty" Cameos: Li Jie as Tang Monk, Zhang Qingsong as Monkey King, Lü Hanbiao as Pigsy, Jiang Chao as Sandy
"Guest from the Sui Dynasty" Plot Introduction
"Guest from the Sui Dynasty" is a fantasy film with a time-travel theme. It tells the story of the end of the Sui Dynasty, when the prime minister Yuwen Huaji held a beauty contest to select a concubine for the emperor. Unexpectedly, the beauties that showed up were quite surprising. Among them was a mysterious woman wearing a veil, whose true identity, once revealed, attracted everyone, including the guard Xiong Jiujiu. Beauty Yao Yingying was kidnapped by bandits who came for her, and in the ensuing chase, pickled vegetable master Niu Chuchu and guard Xiong Jiujiu were sealed in ten-thousand-year-old ice. After being frozen for over 1500 years, they were discovered by archaeologists and stolen by thieves, thawed out in modern-day Beijing, leading to a series of laughable and hilarious stories.
"Guest from the Sui Dynasty" Theme Song
"Rolling Red Dust" will once again appear on the mainland screen as a movie theme song. The copyright holder, Rock Records, has authorized the first mainland穿越 (time-travel) comedy "Guest from the Sui Dynasty" to use "Rolling Red Dust." Surprisingly, the new performers are famous singer Tan Weiwei from Super Girl and her rumored boyfriend Zhang Bo.
"Guest from the Sui Dynasty," a crazy time-travel comedy about two awkward boys from the Sui Dynasty adventuring in modern Beijing, is said to have an entirely different style of humor compared to existing Chinese comedies. Choosing the deeply emotional "Rolling Red Dust" as the theme song for a comedy might also be one of the unconventional aspects of the film.
Director Zhuang Yuxin introduced that besides wild laughter, the film also strives for the ultimate comedic effect of laughter mixed with tears. Besides the humorous situations caused by the time travel, the film also features a romantic storyline entangled across lifetimes, stretching from the Sui Dynasty to present-day Beijing. Director Zhuang feels that the profound atmosphere of "Rolling Red Dust," which has influenced several generations, fits perfectly with the film's wildly imaginative yet tragic story.
The film "Guest from the Sui Dynasty" not only plays with a love story spanning a thousand years but also reveals various facets of contemporary society through numerous scenes. It includes satirical parodies targeting the Super Girl talent show, including contestants, judges, and the underlying black-market rules. This news has upset some Super Girl fans, leading to attacks and calls for boycotts against the film and director on some Super Girl forums.
Zhuang Yuxin, the director of "Guest from the Sui Dynasty" and a professor at the Film Academy, remains calm when discussing the extreme reactions from Super Girl fans. "I am just kindly satirizing the eternal dark side of human nature; I haven't completely negated the Super Girl competition, otherwise, I wouldn't have invited a Super Girl to sing the theme song. Everyone likes a good voice, but wherever fame and fortune gather, there will always be people making fools of themselves without realizing it. Their behavior is actually the most comedic."