Overview
Schemes in Antiques is a 2021 Chinese adventure, suspense film based on Ma Boyong's novel title, Antique Bureau Central Bureau, directed by Derek Kwok and produced by Han Sanping. Starring 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 has been released in China on November 28, 2021, and later in Hong Kong on April 21, 2022 by Emperor Motion Pictures, it has postponed due to Hong Kong theatre closure of COVID-19 omicron variant pandemic.
Plot
Miss Kido from Japan (Matsumoto Lili) is about to return a Buddha head of Wu Zetian Mingtang in the Tang Dynasty to China, but she indicated that the descendants of Xu Family, the white character door of the "Five Vessels", an authoritative organization of the cultural relics industry, would come to receive it. And the descendants of Xu's family wish (Lei Jiayin), although they have a talent for ancient times, they have no ambitions. The appearance of the Buddha's head disrupted his life. The entrustment of the granddaughter Huang Yanyan (Xin Zhilei), the head of Wumai, the bizarre death of his father, the persecution of Wumai genius medicine (Li Xian), and the grandfather's death (Ge You)'s follow-up and the pursuit of the mysterious man Lao Zhaofeng (Qin Yan), the wish must be entangled by the forces of all parties to find out the truth of the Buddha's head.
Cast
Lei Jiayin as Xu yuan
Li Xian as Yao Buran
Xin Zhilei as Huangyan Yan
Ge You as Fu Gui
Qin Yan as Lao Zhaofeng
Qingxiang Wang as Huang Kewu
Yong Mei as Shen Ye
Tao Guo as Xu Heping
Rock Ji as Scarface
Alan Aruna as Zheng Guoqu
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