Legend of the Demon Cat

Legend of the Demon Cat
Theatrical release poster
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese妖貓傳
Simplified Chinese妖猫传
Literal meaningKūkai -KU-KAI- The Mystery of The Beautiful Queen
Hanyu PinyinYāomāo chuán
JyutpingJiu¹ maau¹ cyun⁴
Japanese name
Kanji空海 -KU-KAI- 美しき王妃の謎
RomanizationKūkai utsukushiki ōhi no nazo
Directed byChen Kaige
Screenplay by
  • Chen Kaige
  • Wang Hui-ling
Based onShamon kūkai tō no kuni nite oni to utage su (沙門空海唐の国にて鬼と宴す; lit.'Feast with A Demon In The Country of Shamon Kukai Tang')
by Baku Yumemakura
Produced byKao Shirley
Starring
CinematographyCao Yu
Music by
Production
companies
Distributed by
  • Emperor Motion Pictures, Moonstone Entertainment (present)
  • QC Media (China)
  • Toho, Kadokawa (Japan)
  • Parkway Management (Hong Kong)
Release dates
  • 22 December 2017 (2017-12-22) (China)
  • 11 January 2018 (2018-01-11) (Hong Kong)
  • 24 February 2018 (2018-02-24) (Japan)
Running time
129 minutes
Countries
  • China
  • Japan
  • Hong Kong
Languages
  • Mandarin
  • Japanese
BudgetCN¥170 million
Box officeCN¥530 million

Legend of the Demon Cat (simplified Chinese: 妖猫传; traditional Chinese: 妖貓傳; pinyin: Yāomāo chuán) is a 2017 Xianxia fantasy mystery film co-written and directed by Chen Kaige, based on the Japanese novel series by Baku Yumemakura. A Chinese-Japanese-Hong Kong co-production, the film released in December 22, 2017 in China.