封神 第一部：朝歌风云[ 편집 ]
| 封神第一部：朝歌风云 Creation of The Gods I：Kingdom of Storms | |
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 電影海報 | |
| 基本资料 | |
| 导演 | 乌尔善 |
| 监制 | |
| 制片 | 杜揚（总制片人） 乌尔善（创意制片人） |
| 動作指導 | 桑林 |
| 剧本 | |
| 原著 | 《封神演义》 许仲琳作品 《武王伐纣平话》 |
| 主演 | |
| 配乐 | |
| 摄影 | 王昱 |
| 剪辑 | |
| 制片商 | |
| 片长 | 148分钟 |
| 产地 |  中国大陆 |
| 语言 | 普通话 |
| 官方网站 | 《封神第一部》 |
| 上映及发行 | |
| 上映日期 | |
| 发行商 | 北京文化 安樂影片（港澳） MM2 Entertainment/Shanghai Pictures（新马） |
| 预算 | 8億人民幣[2] |
| 票房 | 26.34億人民幣[3]（中國大陸） 369萬港元[註 1]（香港） |
| 前作与续作 | |
| 续作 | 《封神第二部》 |
《封神第一部：朝歌风云[註 2]》（英語：Creation of The Gods I: Kingdom of Storms，或簡稱《封神第一部》），是2023年上映的中国奇幻史詩電影，也是系列电影“封神三部曲”的第一部。本片改编自16世纪的中国古典神话小说《封神演义》（前三十三回与第三十七回[4]）和话本《武王伐纣平话》。由費翔、李雪健、黄渤、于适、陈牧驰、娜然、此沙、武亚凡、夏雨、袁泉、王洛勇、侯雯元、黄曦彦、李昀锐、杨玏及陈坤等主演，乌尔善執導，巴里·M·奥斯本制作顾问，冉平、冉甲男、乌尔善和曹升編劇，葉錦添美术指导、李云中概念设计、四季特效化妆总监、道格拉斯·史密斯视效总监、蒙柯卓兰音乐总监。
“封神三部曲”由《封神第一部：朝歌风云》和另外两部续作組成，以背靠背的方式製作，被视为中华人民共和国迄今规模最宏大的神话史诗类题材电影项目。系列三部曲定档连续三年暑期档，分别于2023年、2024年、2025年暑期上映[5]，第一部作品揭开原著故事的序幕，主要聚焦少年姬发与商王殷寿两人蜕变的故事。
《封神第一部：朝歌风云》于2023年7月15日至19日在中国大陆特效厅（IMAX2D、杜比视界、CiNiTY、中国巨幕）点映，2023年7月20日在中国大陆正式公映[6]。2023年8月4日幕后纪录片《封神之路》在bilibili官方网站正式上线[7]。
Creation of the Gods I: Kingdom of Storms
| Creation of the Gods I: Kingdom of Storms | |
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Traditional Chinese | 封神第一部：朝歌風雲 |
| Simplified Chinese | 封神第一部：朝歌风云 |
| Directed by | Wuershan |
| Written by | Ran Ping Ran Jianan Wuershan Cao Sheng |
| Based on | Investiture of the Gods by Xu Zhonglin |
| Produced by | Du Yang Wuershan William Kong Barrie M. Osborne |
| Starring | Yu Shi Fei Xiang Chen Muchi Li Xuejian Huang Bo Narana Erdyneeva Xia Yu |
| Cinematography | Wang Yu |
| Edited by | Ka-Fai Cheung Yuan Du Shuo Huang |
| Music by | Gordy Haab |
Production companies | Tencent Pictures Beijing Jingxi Culture & Tourism Mongketengri Pictures Dongyang Mongketengri Film & TV Production Tianjin Maoyan Weiying Cultural Media Shanghai Tencent Penguin Pictures Qingdao Haifa Pictures |
| Distributed by | Beijing Jingxi Culture & Tourism Huaxia Film Distribution Well Go USA Entertainment (North America) |
Release dates |
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Running time | 148 minutes |
| Country | China |
| Language | Mandarin |
| Box office | $364.4 million[1] |
Creation of the Gods I: Kingdom of Storms (Chinese: 封神第一部：朝歌风云; lit. 'Investiture of the Gods Part One: Zhaoge Turmoil') is a 2023 Chinese epic fantasy film directed by Wuershan. It is the first film in the Creation of the Gods trilogy, adapted from the 16th-century fantasy novel Investiture of the Gods written by the Ming dynasty author Xu Zhonglin. The film was released in China on July 20, 2023.[2]
The first film mainly narrates the fantastic and fictitious version of the political fallout following the ascension of the last king of Shang dynasty. The two sequel films of the trilogy are due to be released in 2024 and 2025, with the second film focusing on Xiqi's defense against Shang's attack, while the third film features Xiqi's counterattack, eventual victory and establishment of the Zhou dynasty.[3]
Plot[edit]
Lord Su Hu of Jizhou defies King Di Yi of Shang dynasty, who sends an army commanded by Prince Yin Shou to conquer the rebels. After great losses sieging the fortress, the Shang army break parts of the wall, and Shou leads a regiment consisting of his personally trained hostage-son warriors in a cavalry charge to raid the city of Jizhou, wiping out the Su clan. Su Daji, the daughter of Su Hu, commits honor suicide but emerges alive from the wreckage, captured by Shou's warriors.
Shou presents the severed head of Lord Su and the captured Daji to his royal father. However, during the victory feast, Crown Prince Qi (Prince Shou's brother) suddenly becomes deranged and murders King Yi, before being accidentally killed by Ji Fa, a hostage-son from the western state of Xiqi. Shou ascends the throne per line of succession, but divination during the coronation signals that the patri-regicide leading to his ascension resulted in a great curse upon the Shang dynasty. Shou promises to build a sacrificial pyre to self-immolate as a ritual to please the Heavens, satisfy the gods and save the realm.
Meanwhile, the Immortals of Kunlun discuss whether to release the Investiture Scroll, entrusted to their safeguarding 500 years ago and has the power to restore order and save the world from the curse. One of Yuanshi Tianzun's disciples, Jiang Ziya, volunteers to sacrifice forty years’ immortality to deliver the Scroll to the mandated overlord of the realm but quickly realizes he is an amoral, manipulative tyrant who should not acquire such power receiving the scroll. Shen Gongbao, an alchemist and rival monk to Ziya, desires the scroll's powers and attempts to trap the immortals. They escape the palace with the Scroll, pursued by Crown Prince Yin Jiao and his closest friend Ji Fa. Ji Fa almost secures the scroll but abandons it to rescue Yin Jiao from Ziya's two superpowered nephew-disciples, Nezha and Yang Jian, when they arrive to rescue him. The Kunlun trio encounter Ji Chang, Ji Fa's father and the Duke of the West, who has been summoned to the capital Zhaoge to greet the new king. Ji Chang finds a green-skinned demon infant in the forest and takes pity on it. Ziya suggests it be taken to Kunlun to be raised; Ji Chang agrees and, hearing thunder, names him Lei Zhenzi.
Duke Chang secretly meets up with the other three dukes of the East, North and South, all skeptical over the legitimacy of Shou’s ascension. However, their meeting is discovered by Shou’s royal guards, arresting them for plotting high treason. Shou forces the Dukes’ hostage-sons to personally execute their fathers. Chong Yingbiao, son of the Duke of the North, complies without hesitation; E Shun, son of the Duke of the South, refuses and attacks Shou who kills the both of them; the Duke of the East impales himself on the sword of his son Jiang Wenhuan to spare him; while Ji Fa cleverly argues that it would be a greater humiliation for his father to publicly confess faking divination than to execute him. Duke Chang is temporarily spared and sent to a dungeon. His eldest son and heir Bo Yikao (Ji Fa's brother) comes to plea with Shou, who kills him, cooked his flesh into patties and forces Duke Chang to eat them, having him confess to treason by threatening his remaining son Ji Fa, and publicly humiliated through parade.
Meanwhile, Jiao finds and pursues a man-eating fox spirit in the palace, discovering it to be possessing the body of Su Daji. However, Daji has become Shou's favored consort, and the King instead accuses Jiao of attempted patricide. After Queen Jiang dies trying to kill Daji, Jiao also attempts to kill the fox but is injured by its attacks. Ji Fa secretly helps Jiao escape the palace and collaborates with Ziya and High Priest Bi Gan, Shou's uncle to expose Daji's true nature in front of King Shou. After Bi Gan sacrifices his magical heart to force the fox spirit out of Daji's body, Shou reveals that he knew that the fox spirit is a demon all along; imprisoned by Shang's forefather Tang, the blood of Shou in the Jizhou battle accidentally broke the seal and released the fox, so she tempted him into becoming the Overlord of All, leading to Daji who by spirit possession causing the previous crown prince to murder his father before impaling him on his own sword. Disillusioned about his royal father, Jiao attacks them but is knocked out and arrested; the fox returns to Daji's body. Shou then orders Ji Fa to kill his father; he seemingly obeys and returns with a bundle resembling a severed head. Shou razes the ancestral temple and defiles it by copulating with Daji among the ruins.
Shou condemns Jiao to be publicly executed, but Ji Fa demands Jiao to be released with the hostage-sons from Xiqi rising up to fight the other royal guards. The severed head he presented is also revealed to be fake; Lei Zhenzi, whom Chang rescued earlier, took him away from the city. Chong Yingbiao decapitates Jiao, but Nezha and Yang Jian arrive to retrieve his body and head. Ji Fa then fights Shou pushing him down the palace wall into a drum. Ji Fa starts to flee with Jiang Ziya and his Xiqi compatriots. Jiang Wenhuan, who is in charge of guarding the city gate, decides to let them escape the capital and block the other Shang pursuers. Shen Gongbao transfers his soul to two Taotie statues[4] to chase after them. When Ji Fa learns that the statues are actually after Ziya with the Scroll, he changes clothes with the monk and draws the pursuers away. Trapping the first statue in the forest, he lured the second to Hukou Waterfall, and pierces an arrow through its eye, injuring Gongbao who sends a swarm of crows on Ziya before falling into the Yellow River, riding back to his father and people.
Daji uses her fox spirit powers to resuscitate Shou, while Ziya fishes alone on Wei River and notices Gongbao’s crows behind; Wen Zhong, Grand Preceptor of the Shang dynasty who has been away at war for ten years, returns to the capital along with his generals including the Four Demonic Giants.
Cast[edit]
- Yu Shi as Ji Fa (姬发) — the second son of Ji Chang and the future leader of the Xizhou, who served as a hostage-son and royal guard of Yin Shou, also the narrator of the story
- Fei Xiang as King Yin Shou (殷寿) — the second prince and later King of Shang dynasty
- Narana Erdyneeva as Consort Su Daji (苏妲己) — the concubine of Yin Shou, whose body is possessed by a nine-tailed fox
- Chen Muchi as Prince Yin Jiao (殷郊) — Yin Shou's only son and crown prince of Shang dynasty
- Li Xuejian as Duke Ji Chang (姬昌) — the lord of Xiqi and Duke of the West, and father of Ji Fa
- Huang Bo as Jiang Ziya (姜子牙) — a Kunlun monk who is entrusted the Investiture Scroll, later becomes the chief strategist of Xiqi
- Xia Yu as Shen Gongbao (申公豹) — a rival monk to Jiang Ziya who came to serve King Shou as a magical strategist
- Yuan Quan as Queen Jiang (姜王后) — Yin Shou's wife and queen consort, and Yin Jiao's mother
- Wang Luoyong as Bi Gan (比干) — Yin Shou's uncle and the High Priest of Shang dynasty
- Yang Le as Bo Yikao (伯邑考) — the eldest son and heir of Ji Chang, and brother to Ji Fa
- Cisha as Yang Jian (杨戬) — a nephew-disciple to Jiang Ziya, who specializes in water magics
- Wu Yafan as Nezha (哪吒) — a nephew-disciple to Jiang Ziya, who specializes in fire magics
- Hou Wenyuan as Chong Yingbiao (崇应彪) — the hostage-son of the Duke of the North, and fellow royal guard and bitter rival to Ji Fa
- Huang Xiyan as Jiang Wenhuan (姜文焕) — the hostage-son of the Duke of the East, a fellow royal guard to Ji Fa
- Li Yunrui as E Shun (鄂顺) — the hostage-son of the Duke of the West, a fellow royal guard to Ji Fa
- Xu Huanshan as King Yi (帝乙) — Yin Shou's estranged royal father
- Gao Shuguang as Yin Qi (殷启) — Yin Shou's estranged elder brother and the previous crown prince of Shang dynasty
Production[edit]
Casting[edit]
The cast of “Creation of the Gods I: Kingdom of Storms” was selected from more than 1,400 people from 15,000 global auditions, and then interviewed by the director Wuershan himself, and finally selected more than 20 young actors to enter the performance camp for six months of training.[5]
The training camp is based on the “Theory of Liuyi (Six Skills)” of "manners, music, shooting, rein, books and mathematics", offering courses such as acting, martial arts, equestrian, shooting, drum music, Chinese cultural history, body shaping, film viewing and analysis, and so on. And they were supplied by scientific nutrition, the training camp effectively builds actors' strong bodies and muscle lines in line with ancient warriors' bodies.
Yu Shi, who plays Ji Fa, is not a trained actor, and participating in the training and shooting of the “Creation of the Gods I: Kingdom of Storms” is the beginning for Yu Shi as an actor. In the cast, he received comprehensive training in performance, equestrian, movement, etiquette, drum music, cultural history, etc. The cool shots of Ji Fa riding a horse and turning around and shooting, and riding his horses across the fire wall were all acted by him without substitute.
Wuershan said, “All the difficult equestrian moves are done by the actors themselves. They started training from scratch for 6 months. It is amazing to be able to complete such a complicated performance."[5]
Filming[edit]
Principal photography for the film started on September 9, 2018.[6] The three films of the trilogy were filmed back-to-back.The filming location was set in Qingdao, Shandong, primarily in the studios of the Oriental Movie Metropolis.[7] In February 2019, the first part of the trilogy has completed filming and preliminary editing.[8]
Music[edit]
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Release[edit]
Creation of the Gods I: Kingdom of Storms was released on 20 July 2023 in China.[2]
It was released in the United States on 22 September 2023.[9]
| Release | |
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| Time | Country/area |
| July 20, 2023 | Mainland China |
| September 14, 2023 | Australia |
| September 14, 2023 | New Zealand |
| September 22, 2023 | The United States |
| September 22, 2023 | United Kingdom |
| September 22, 2023 | Ireland |
| September 28, 2023 | Hong Kong |
Reception[edit]
Critical response[edit]
The film received 8.0 out of 10 points on the Chinese review website Douban.com.[10]
On Rotten Tomatoes, the film received a rating of 56% based on 9 reviews.[11]
Box office[edit]
On the opening weekend, its box office was ranked as No.1 in the Chinese market.[12] By the 6th day, its gross reached $70 million.[13]
Awards and nominations[edit]
| Awards & Nominations | ||||
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| Time | Event | Category | Result | Nominee |
| 2023-6 | 2023 Weibo Night | Movie of the Year | Won | Creation of the Gods I: Kingdom of Storms |
| 2023-8 | The 18th China Changchun Film Festival | 'Golden Deer Award' for Best Film | Nominated | Creation of the Gods I: Kingdom of Storms |
| 2023-9-2 | The 18th China Changchun Film Festival | ‘Golden Deer Award’ for Best Editing | Won | Creation of the Gods I: Kingdom of Storms |
| 2023-9-3 | 2023 Filming Italy | Best Film Award for Best Genre - Artistic Contribution | Won | Creation of the Gods I: Kingdom of Storms |
| 2023-11-4 | 36th Golden Rooster Awards | Best Feature Film | Won | Creation of the Gods I: Kingdom of Storms |
Notes[edit]
References[edit]
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- ^ 网易 (2023-08-30). "道具师也要参加训练营！《封神》美术的创作经都在这里了". www.163.com. Retrieved 2023-10-01.
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- ^ "30亿巨额投资《封神三部曲》曝开机照 阵仗大! 乌尔善导演领衔庞大制作团队亮相". Mtime (in Chinese). 2018-09-05. Archived from the original on 2019-01-16. Retrieved 2019-09-08.
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- ^ "乌尔善《封神》初剪完毕2020暑期上映 第二三部立项曝剧情 重要卡司还在保密中". Mtime (in Chinese). 2019-02-24. Archived from the original on 2019-02-27. Retrieved 2019-09-08.
- ^ Brzeski, Patrick (8 September 2023). "Chinese Fantasy Blockbuster 'Creation of the Gods I: Kingdom of Storms' to Get North American Release From Well Go USA (Exclusive)". Hollywood Reporter.
- ^ "《封神第一部》票房破5亿，豆瓣评分7.7！为了殷寿付出五年，费翔 ：我已经62岁，人生还有几个五年?". National Business Daily (in Chinese). 2023-07-25.
- ^ "Creation of the Gods I: Kingdom of Storms". Rotten Tomatoes.
- ^ Frater, Patrick (2023-07-23). "China Box Office: 'Barbie' Opens in Fifth Place With $8 Million". Variety.
- ^ "电影《封神第一部》票房破5亿". Jiemian News (in Chinese). 2023-07-25.
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