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''The Thousand Faces of Dunjia'' ( zh, 奇門遁甲) is a 2017 Chinese
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film directed by Yuen Woo-ping; scripted and produced by
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. It is a remake of Yuen's 1982 film ''
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''. The film stars Da Peng,
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. It was released in China on December 15, 2017.


Plot

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


Cast

* Da Peng as Zhuge Qingyun *
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as Metal Dragonfly *
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as Dao Yichang *
Zhou Dongyu Zhou Dongyu () is a Chinese actress, who gained recognition after appearing in Zhang Yimou's film '' Under the Hawthorn Tree''. She was also chosen by '' Southern Metropolis Daily'' as one of the " Four Dan actresses of the post-90s Generation" ...
as Xiao Yuan *
Wu Bai Wu Chun-lin (; born 14 January 1968), better known by his stage name Wu Bai (), is a Taiwanese rock singer, songwriter and actor. He formed the band Wu Bai & China Blue with Dean Zavolta (drums), Yu Ta-hao (keyboards) and Chu Chien-hui (bass gu ...
as Boss *
Ada Liu Liu Yan (; born 8 November 1980), also known as Ada Liu, is a Chinese actress, hostess and singer. She won the "Best New Artist" at the 2nd Top Chinese Music Awards and the "Best Promising Host" at the 3rd Zongyi Award, in 2010 the Most Influencin ...
*Tiger Xu *Yang Yiwei * Mo Tse * Sun Mingming *Zhang Yiqian


Awards and nominations


Sequel

The sequel was released on March 19, 2020.


References


External links

* Chinese fantasy adventure films Wuxia films 2017 films 2010s Mandarin-language films Films directed by Yuen Woo-ping {{fantasy-film-stub