''Catman'' (

Chinese Chinese can refer to: * Something related to China * Chinese people, people of Chinese nationality, citizenship, and/or ethnicity **''Zhonghua minzu'', the supra-ethnic concept of the Chinese nation ** List of ethnic groups in China, people of va ...

: 我爱喵星人) is a Chinese-South Korean romantic-

fantasy film Fantasy films are films that belong to the fantasy genre with fantastic themes, usually magic, supernatural events, mythology, folklore, or exotic fantasy worlds. The genre is considered a form of speculative fiction alongside science fiction f ...

directed by

Park Hee-gon Park Hee-gon (born 1969) is a South Korean film director A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. ...

that was completed in 2016. The film stars Oh Sehun,

Janice Wu Wu Qian (, born ), also known as Janice Wu, is a Chinese actress. She rose to fame for portraying the younger counterpart of Zhao Mosheng in the 2015 hit romance drama '' My Sunshine'', and gained attention for her roles in the television series ...

and Song Weilong.

Synopsis

Liang Qu (

Oh Se-hun Oh Se-hun (; born April 12, 1994), also known mononymously as Sehun, is a South Korean rapper, singer, songwriter, actor, model and dancer. He is a member of the South Korean-Chinese boy group Exo, its sub-group Exo-K and sub-unit Exo-SC. Apar ...

) is a chic, confident and cold but charming half human-half cat due to a magic spell and he has the ability to melt/heal broken hearts. He lives with Miao Xiao Wan (

), an honest, confident woman who has created an app that translates cats' sounds and language.

Cast

* Oh Sehun as Liang Qu *

as Miao Xiao Wan * Song Weilong as Miao Xing Ren *

Ju Jingyi Ju Jingyi () is a Chinese singer, dancer, and actress. She rose to fame as a member of Chinese idol girl group SNH48. As a member of SNH48, during the annual General Elections, she was elected as No.4 (2014), No.2 (2015), No.1 (2016), and No. ...

as Molly *

Xu Jiaqi Xu Jiaqi (; ; born August 27, 1995) is a Chinese singer, rapper, dancer, songwriter, and actress. She was a member of Team SII of the female idol group SNH48 as well as its sub-units Style-7 and 7Senses, and she was also a member of the tempora ...

as Vivian

Release

The film was originally planned to be screened in 2017, but the release was postponed due to the THAAD missiles installation in South Korea which being strongly criticized by China and Russia. It was scheduled to be released on March 14, 2021, but it was reported that the release date of the film has been extended indefinitely. After the restriction, it will be a rare work involving a South Korean star released to Chinese audiences.

References

{{Reflist South Korean fantasy films Chinese fantasy films Mandarin-language films