Since then, the movie has been pulled from Chinese theatres and no mention of the sequel has been mentioned. This raised questions about the validity of his current movie, and the online community concluded that there were scenes that were similar to the 2016 Marvel movie Doctor Strange. However, Guo was caught in a recent scandal where he had to apologise for plagiarising another author’s work in one of his earlier novels from nearly 20 years ago. Now, it was previously stated that Guo was planning a duology, with a planned sequel titled The Yin-Yang Master: Retaliation. This movie, directed by Guo Jingming, was released in China on Dec 25 2020, and premiered on Netflix globally on Feb 5 2021. The Empress was protected by four stone guardians, but now, the serpent threatens to escape and the four masters band together again and awake the stone guardians to stop the serpent.
Starring Mark Chao ( Monga, Caught in the Web) and Deng Lun ( Ashes of Love), the film follows four masters who took the challenge of trapping an evil serpent demon in the Empress of the Imperial City. Now, 2020’s The Yin-Yang Master: Dream of Eternity is a Chinese movie is based on the novel. Since it started in 1986, it has been adapted as a manga and video game, and was also adapted into two films, 2001’s Onmyōji, and it’s 2003 sequel, Onmyōji 2, which were both were directed by Yōjirō Takita.
To understand either movie, you first have to know of the Japanese novel and short story series, Onmyōji, by noted Japanese sci-fi writer, Baku Yumemakura, which tells the story of a master in onmyōdō, a traditional Japanese cosmology. So what gives? Well, we’re here to answer that. Note the slight difference in naming convention: Yin-Yang vs YinYang, and no, we’re not talking about the coffee/team beverage combo that’s popular across Asia. Now, if you were say, on social media, you might have seen Netflix promote an upcoming title, The YinYang Master. If you’ve scrolling through Netflix, you might have seen The Yin-Yang Master: Dream Of Eternity pop up as a recommendation. Recently, two Chinese features have caused quite a stir and some confusion. So what happens, when two movies with almost identical titles are released at almost the same time? And what more, when both films are coming on Netflix? Summer might be a time for American blockbusters, but here in Asia, a sure fire way of releasing a hit movie is at the start of the year, during the Lunar New Year, where Chinese film studios release a string of big blockbusters, to ride on the Lunar New Year festivities.īut for every Jackie Chan, Stephen Chow, Jet Li or Donnie Yen flick, there are also the special effects-laden feature films based on Chinese stories and myths, including the various versions of say, Journey to the West, for example.
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