Schemes in Antiques (2021)

Original title

古董局中局

Directed by

Derek Kwok

Genre

drama film, comedy film, action film, adventure film, crime film, mystery film

Country

People's Republic of China

Runtime

2h 03m

Rated

15

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 24 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Buddha head returned by a Japanese family sparks a dispute among people in the antiques world. The film follows characters who get pulled into a web of schemes and secrets surrounding the relic.

suspensefulintricateaction-packedmysteriouscleverfast-pacedentertainingtense

What happens

Schemes in Antiques (Chinese: 古董局中局; pinyin: Gǔdǒng jú zhōng jú) is a 2021 adventure, suspense film based on Ma Boyong's novel title, Antique Bureau Central Bureau, directed by Derek Kwok and produced by Han Sanping. The film stars Lei Jiayin, Li Xian, Xin Zhilei and Ge You. The movie tells of a dispute in the cultural relics circle caused by the return of a Buddha head by the Japanese Kido family. The film was released in China on November 28, 2021, and later in Hong Kong on April 21, 2022, by Emperor Motion Pictures, it was postponed due to Hong Kong theatre closure of COVID-19 omicron variant pandemic. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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