Netflix has acquired the exclusive rights for ‘The Yin-Yang Master: Dream Of Eternity‘, a Chinese language fantasy film based on the Japanese fantasy novel Onmyōji by Baku Yumemakura who serves as the film’s creator/consultant. Brought together by Asia’s best production team ‘The Yin-Yang Master: Dream Of Eternity’ will premiere on Netflix globally on 5th February, 2021.
The story of ‘The Yin-Yang Master: Dream Of Eternity’ revolvs around Abe no Seimei, the most renowned yin-yang master during the Heian period, and his fantastical encounters with demons and evil spirits.
As per Netflix, ‘The Yin-Yang Master: Dream Of Eternity’ “opens with young yin-yang master Qingming (Mark Chao) traveling to The Capital on his master’s orders, where he attends a Heaven ceremony. Qingming is tasked with sealing a demon serpent for good, preventing the demon serpent from waking from its 300-year slumber and plaguing the people once again. However, the now released demon serpent is mighty and powerful. Qingming, together with a warrior named Boya (Allen Deng), Master Nanjiang (Jessie Li), and Master Heshou of the Imperial Observatory (Wang Duo), team up to eliminate the demon serpent. In the midst of turmoil and crisis, an earth-shattering conspiracy involving the princess (Wang Ziwen) begins to surface.”
Directed by Guo Jingming (‘Tiny Times’), the stellar cast for the epic Chinese fantasy film includes Mark Chao, Allen Deng, Jessie Li, Olivia Wang, and Wang Duo. Working on the film we have Asia’s top production team, which includes Japanese composer Kenji Kawai (Ghost in the Shell), Korea’s leading special effects company 4th Creative Party (Okja, Snowpiercer), renowned Taiwanese designer Jamie Wei Huang (Tiny Times) and her team, and Artistic Director Nan Tu (Legend of the Demon Cat), who is working on a creation based on Baku Yumemakura’s novels for the second time now.
Onmyōji, the novel on which Netflix’s ‘The Yin-Yang Master: Dream Of Eternity’ is based, first came out in 1986 and has since been extremely popular. It has been adapted into various comic books, films, TV series, Kabuki performances, a mobile game, and hailed as one of the most popular contemporary Asian IPs.
Director Guo Jingming asserted, “I’m excited that The Yin-Yang Master: Dream Of Eternity will soon be introduced to global audiences on Netflix. My biggest takeaway from adapting such an oriental aesthetics classic is how to work with the creative team to visualize such a mysterious, elegant, yet dangerous and challenging oriental world in all aspects. I hope Netflix members will enjoy the world of The Yin-Yang Master and find their own fun in this fantasy journey.”
Get ready to enter the world of fantasy with ‘The Yin-Yang Master: Dream Of Eternity’, premiering exclusively on Netflix on 5th February, 2021.
Watch the trailer below:⬇️