Fifteen hundred years after the war of gods, the heaven declined. Yang Jian, the God of Erlang, made a living by working as a catcher. One day, Yang Jian was ordered to hunt down a young man, his own nephew.
Cinematography
Every frame is a painting—steampunk celestial architecture that's genuinely unprecedented.
Direction
Zhao Ji orchestrates chaotic action with balletic precision and genuine emotional weight.
Visual Effects
Particle effects and god-power transformations that put most Hollywood blockbusters to shame.
Director
Zhao Ji
Kai Wang
Yang Jian (voice)
Ji Guanlin
Wan Luo (voice)
Lihong Li
Yuding (voice)
Li Lanling
Chen Xiang (voice)
Zhao Yi
Shen Gongbao (voice）
Liu Xiaoyu
Shen Gongbao (voice)
Wen jingyuan
Lao Kang (voice）
Shuiyu Tang
Lao Yao (voice）
Xing Chao
Gourd Fairy (voice）
Qiu Qiu
Yang Chan / Yao Ji (voice）
Yang Tianxiang
Casino Storytelling Monkey (voice)
Meng Yu
Mo Liqing (voice)
Zhao Mingzhou
Magic Lihong (voice)
Li Nan
Mo Lishou (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This reimagines the classic Lotus Lantern legend, flipping the villain/hero dynamic between uncle and nephew that Chinese audiences grew up with.
The 'declined heaven' aesthetic—mixing Tang dynasty architecture with dieselpunk machinery—reflects director Zhao Ji's critique of modernization erasing cultural memory.
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