"The Legend of the Demon Cat" is adapted from the Japanese fantasy series "Kukai the Great Tang Ghost Banquet". 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. A story that brought to light a truth that had been deliberately buried.
During the prosperous Tang Dynasty, evil and supernatural events occurred one after another in Chang'an City. The crazy poet Bai Letian (played by Huang Xuan) and the monk Kukai (played by Shota Sometani) who admired the style of the Tang Dynasty met in Chang'an. The two followed a The demon cat who speaks human language unexpectedly triggers a shocking secret that spans thirty years and concerns the rise and fall of the dynasty.
As various characters appeared one by one, the prosperous and splendid scenes of the Tang Dynasty and the hidden pain of the era were revealed one by one, presenting a picture of the prosperous Tang Dynasty where monsters, poets, emperors, and concubines were all intertwined. picture.
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1. Bai Letian
A poet with an unruly personality and a crazy and neurotic behavior. His head is filled with countless childish romantic fantasies, like an "idiot". In order to write poetry, Bai Letian was willing to be an idle official who observed the emperor's daily life. Regardless of whether he resigned from office, he did so casually, and even fell in love with the characters in his poems.
2. Kukai
A monk who admired the grace of the Tang Dynasty. The emperor was cursed and had no sleep for seven days and seven nights, so he invited the ascetic Kukai to break the curse. Soon after the emperor died suddenly, official Bai Letian consulted Kukai about the cause of the emperor's death. Later, the two emperors died one after another. He and the poet Bai Letian accidentally triggered a shocking secret about the rise and fall of the dynasty that spanned thirty years.
3. Chunqin
After the demon cat invaded Chen Yunqiao's mansion, he was possessed by the demon cat and sang a poem written by Li Bai to Concubine Yang Guifei. She summoned Bai Juyi with a poem, and was frightened almost crazy by the Taoist priests who came to exorcise the monsters. In front of everyone, she turned into an old woman with gray hair and chicken skin. While singing "Qing Ping Diao Ci", she played with Yang Guifei. Similar dance moves.