New Gods: Yang Jian

"Fighting for peace, The God of War returns"

2022 2h 8m ZH

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★7.5TMDB · 109

AnimationAdventureFantasyComedy

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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.

“Fighting for peace, The God of War returns”

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Cast

Kai Wang
Yang Jian (voice)
Ji Guanlin
Wan Luo (voice)
Li Lihong
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）

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Zhao Ji
Writers: Chen Mu-Chuan
Languages: Mandarin
Countries: China, United States of America

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ERA

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Released 4 years ago.

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WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: China, United States of America.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "New Gods Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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4 / 8

ERA

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Guo Haowei. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Keer Zhu shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Kai Wang and Ji Guanlin and Li Lihong carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Fighting for peace, The God of War returns".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Zhao Ji directs. Guo Haowei scores. Keer Zhu cuts. Produced in China, United States of America. Dialogue in Mandarin.

Trivia

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1Released 4 years ago.
2International production across 2 countries: China, United States of America.
3Part of the "New Gods Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
5Original score by Guo Haowei. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Keer Zhu shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Kai Wang and Ji Guanlin and Li Lihong carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "Fighting for peace, The God of War returns".
9IMDB entry: tt19757204 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Released under 10 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Original score: Guo Haowei
Editing: Keer Zhu
Runtime: 128 min · 2h 8m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Box office: $70,826,303
Original language: ZH
Certification (US): NR
IMDB: New Gods: Yang Jian (2022)

Part of

New Gods Collection

A series of movies produced by Light Chaser Animation in which characters from Chinese mythology and classic literature are reincarnated in a retro-futuristic world resembling a more technologically advanced and industrialized version of China in the first half of the 20th century.

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Chris Sawin2023-01-23
★ 7/10
New Gods: Yang Jian feels like an alternate timeline of Journey to the West along with all of the jazzy influence of Cowboy Bebop. The animation is slick and impressive, but the intentional crawl of the storytelling dulls the action and dims the spectacle of the visuals ever so slightly. It simply isn’t as effective or as entertaining as Nezha Reborn, which is currently still streaming on Netflix. Full review: https://boundingintocomics.com/2023/01/23/new-gods-yang-jian-review-godly-animation-shackled-to-a-prolonged-narrative/

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