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| Genre: | Historical, shenmo | ||||||||||
| Based On: | Investiture of the Gods by Xu Zhonglin and Lu Xixing | ||||||||||
| Director: | Shin Woo-chul | ||||||||||
| Starring: | Wang Likun Luo Jin Zhang Bo Yu Hewei Deng Lun Collin Chou | ||||||||||
| Country: | China | ||||||||||
| Language: | Mandarin | ||||||||||
| Num Seasons: | 1 | ||||||||||
| Num Episodes: | 65 | ||||||||||
| Executive Producer: | He Jin Yang Xiaoming | ||||||||||
| Location: | Hengdian World Studio | ||||||||||
| Company: | Mango Studio Samhwa Networks Cathay Media Group China Television Production Center CCTV | ||||||||||
| Channel: | Hunan Television |
Investiture of the Gods is a 2019 Chinese shenmo television series loosely based on the 16th-century Chinese gods and demons fiction Investiture of the Gods by Xu Zhonglin and Lu Xixing. The series is directed by Korean director Shin Woo-chul and starring Wang Likun, Luo Jin, Zhang Bo, Yu Hewei, Deng Lun, and Collin Chou.[1] Produced by Mango Studio, Cathay Media Group, China Television Production Center and China Central Television (CCTV), Investiture of the Gods aired on Hunan Television in April 2019. The series followed the love story between Erlang Shen and Daji in the two rival countries Shang and Western Zhou.
Daji (Wang Likun) and Yang Jian (Luo Jin) are close friends, they love each other since their childhood. Their whole life is changed when the tyrannical King Zhou of Shang (Collin Chou) kills their parents and destroys their hometown. Vowing revenge, beautiful Daji joins the royal harem, seeking to topple the kingdom from the inside. Meanwhile, Yuanshi Tianzun sends his disciples Jiang Ziya (Yu Hewei) and Shen Gongbao (Hai Yitian) to save the oppressed people. Jiang Ziya takes Yang Jian as a disciple, agreeing to teach him how to control his magical Eye of Heaven, and bring about the end of the Shang dynasty.[2]
Korean director Shin Woo-chul was signed to direct the series from a script by Zhu Sujin.[3]
Flying Apsaras Award winner Yang Shudong joined the project as the chief makeup artist. Chen Tongxun, the fashion designer who won a Golden Horse Award for 2008 biographical film Forever Enthralled, was hired as the costume designer. Han Zhong, an art designer acclaimed for The Wasted Times, was confirmed as art designer.[4]
Principal photography started on March 18, 2015 and wrapped on August 18, 2015.[5] [6]