What is the cause of death of Concubine Yang Guifei in the Legend of Demon Cat?

Yang Guifei was suffocated to death

In "The Legend of the Demon Cat", Bai Long saw Yang Guifei's body and finally saved Yang Guifei's body by sacrificing himself. When An Lushan rebelled, Chen Xuanli forced the emperor to kill Concubine Yang. In the end, the emperor listened to Taoist Huang He's suggestion and asked Concubine Yang to fake her death, but Concubine Yang died anyway.

At first, Concubine Yang was forced to drink poisonous poison wine, and then she was pricked by a gold needle and fell asleep. In fact, after being pricked by a gold needle, she would wake up after a while. The sleeping Concubine Yang was put into the coffin and buried alive. When Concubine Yang woke up, she found that she was in the coffin and no one came to save her. In this way, Concubine Yang was suffocated to death. You can tell by the scratch marks on the coffin lid.

When Bailong knew that Concubine Yang was really killed, he went to save Concubine Yang, but it was too late. Concubine Yang's body also began to rot due to the poisonous poison. In order to protect Yang Guifei's body, Bai Long introduced the poisonous poison to his body. As a result, Yang Guifei's body was fine, but Bai Long's body was corrupted. After that, Bailong possessed the black cat and began to avenge Concubine Yang.

"Legend of the Demon Cat" is a costume film produced by Xinli Media Co., Ltd., Kadokawa Pictures Co., Ltd., 21st Century Shengkai Pictures, and Emperor Pictures Co., Ltd. It is directed by Chen Kaige and written by Wang Huiling , starring Huang Xuan, Shota Sometani, Zhang Yuqi, Qin Hao, Hiroshi Abe, Rongrong Zhang, Liu Haoran, Ou Hao, Zhang Tianai, etc.

The film is adapted from the Japanese fantasy novel series "The Ghost Banquet of the Tang Dynasty by Samana Kukai". It tells the story of a demon cat that speaks human language and stirs up the city of Chang'an. The poet Bai Letian and the monk Kukai join forces to investigate, which leads to a period of investigation. A story in which the truth that had been deliberately buried came to light.

The film was released in China on December 22, 2017, and in Japan on February 24, 2018.

On November 23, 2019, the 28th China Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival and the 32nd China Golden Rooster Awards Ceremony were held, and "The Legend of the Demon Cat" won the "Best Art Award". Cao Yu's "Legend of the Demon Cat" won the "Best Photography Award".

Plot evaluation

"The Legend of the Demon Cat" has the charm of "Onmyoji", but it goes far beyond the fantasy of pretending to be gods and ghosts, making the film not only visually, but more importantly, spiritually In essence, it conveys an oriental charm. There is a grand cultural narrative in this film, and the combination of Bai Letian and Kukai is surprisingly natural and unpretentious.

The film is quite eye-catching visually. Through the extremely luxurious juxtaposition of virtuality and reality, man and beast in the Banquet of Bliss, it serves as a reflection of the prosperous Tang Dynasty, as well as the ominous atmosphere of prosperity and decline. mega. The film does not intend to explore why the Tang Dynasty withered. Instead, it explains the reasons for its decline through illusions one after another and through self-pouring and drinking.

But "The Legend of the Demon Cat" is not a flawless work. Overall, the two parts of the movie are particularly separated. The scenes between Kukai and Bai Juyi at the beginning disappeared in the second part, and In terms of the plot, some characters who appear in the later stages also lack reasonable foreshadowing and appear rather abrupt.

It is true that "Legend of the Demon Cat" has the problem of separated styles, but the Tang Dynasty it shows can still make people indulge in the past and regret its decline. The dream song of the prosperous Tang Dynasty composed with fantasy is completely It exceeded my expectations for a fantasy film.