''Phantom of the Theatre'' ( zh, c=魔宫魅影, p=Mó Gōng Mèi Yǐng) is a 2016 Chinese

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directed by

Raymond Yip ''Raymond Yip Wai-man'' (葉偉民) is a film director from Hong Kong. Filmography Films * 1993 The Kung Fu Cult Master - Assistant director. * 1995 ''Sixty Million Dollar Man'' - Screenwriter, Director. * 1998 ''Portland Street Blues'' - Direc ...

, starring

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Tony Yang Tony Yang (; born 30 August 1982) is a Taiwanese actor who rose to prominence for his debut film role in ''Formula 17'' (2004), for which he won the Golden Horse Award for Best New Performer. He is also known for his roles in the Taiwanese box ...

Simon Yam Simon Yam Tat-wah (; born 19 March 1955) is a Hong Kong actor and film producer. He received international acclaim for his performances in international film festival and box office hits such as ''Naked Killer'', '' SPL: Sha Po Lang'', ''Election' ...

, and

Huang Lei Huang Lei (Born December 6, 1971) is a Chinese actor, director, singer and screenwriter. He was born in Nanchang, Jiangxi, and now lives in Beijing. Huang ranked 58th on ''Forbes'' China Celebrity 100 list in 2015, 29th in 2017, and 76th in 201 ...

. The film depicts a story set in

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during the 1930s, representing the prosperity and charm of Shanghai in its peak time, with distinctive characteristics of that time and irreproachably interpreting the humanity. It was released in China on 29 April 2016.

Premise

A haunted theatre, filled with the vengeful spirits of a tragically-trapped performance troupe murdered in a fire 13 years ago, waits for the once-grand palatial playhouse to re-open with a new show and bring in new victims. The Phantom of the Theatre depicts a tragic love story between rising film star Meng Sifan and young director Gu Weibang, the son of the warlord Gu Mingshan.

Cast

as Meng Si Fan / Kong-jin / Kong Lan *

as Gu Wei Bang *

as Gu Ming Shan * Jing Gangshan as Kong Shen * Huang Hung as Fei Li Shi * Lin Jiang Guo as Tang Shi Rao *

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as The Adjutant *

Natalie Meng Yao Natalie may refer to: People * Natalie (given name) * Natalie (singer) (born 1979), Mexican-American R&B singer/songwriter * Shahan Natalie (1884–1983), Armenian writer and principal organizer of Operation Nemesis Music Albums * ''Natal ...

as Pan Ru Yu * Wu Xu Dong as Liu Kang * Patricia Ha as Wei Bang's Mother * Han Zhi as The Butler *

Zhang Zifeng Zhang Zifeng (born 27 August 2001), also known as Wendy Zhang, is a Chinese actress currently attending Beijing Film Academy. She is widely considered one of the best young actors in China today. In 2012 she won Best Newcomer at the 31st Hundr ...

as Kong Lan (Young) *

as The Theatre Owner *

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as Xiao Mei * Du Chang Rui as Actress *

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as Actress * Li Ching as Master of Ceremony *

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as Master of Ceremony * Li Yang as The Thief * Li Jing

Production

The film cast is led by Ruby Lin, Raymond Yip, and Manfred Wong, their third collaboration working together on horror films. Phantom of the Theatre was filmed in Shanghai, where shooting of the film started on 13 January 2015 and was wrapped up on 3 March 2015.

Release

The film was moved from its scheduled release date of 27 November 2015, to 28 April 2016.

Reception

The film grossed on its opening weekend in China.

Music

Music composed by Yu Peng, also credited as YuPeng. *Zhu ZiRong: Female solo vocalist *Yu Peng: Male solo vocalist *Piao Ying, Zhang SuChen: violin solo *Chen XiaoLong: cello solo *Chen Kun: flute *Zhang Xin: oboe *Hu Yu: bassoon *Guo ZhanBao, Shi JieLiang: horn *Liu ZhanYi: trombone *Mou XianQuan: tuba *Tu HuaBing: Chinese flute *Zhang Sheng: Tu HuaBing (job name appears to be an error) *Xie YuDan:

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*Lu YiWen:

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*Zhu ZhiRong, Chen Qin, Fu XiaoLi, Wu Jing, Wang GuoFang, Jiang Bin, Zhang ChaoJun, Guo JunYu, Yu Peng: choir group *Shanghai Piao Ying Chamber Music Group: strings group *Lu Xiaoxing: music recording engineer *Yu Peng: music mixing engineer *Anders Lee: music producer *Shanghai San You Recording Occupation Studio: music studio * "Mí Wù" (迷雾; "The Fog") sung by

A-Lin Lisang Pacidal Koyouan (), better known by her stage name A-Lin, is a Taiwanese aboriginal singer and songwriter of Amis descent. Career In 1999, when A-Lin was 16 years old and taught children to sing the hymn "Amazing Grace" after the 9 ...

"Episode" *The Mist Singer: Eric Juu Lyrics: Wu Di Composer: Yu Peng Arranger/Producer: Yu Peng "Theme Song" The Mist Singer:

Lyrics: Wu Di Composer: Yu Peng Producer: Chen Jiangi Line Producer:Brandy Tien Arrangement: Zhang Chaoyu String Writing: Zhang Chaoyu Cello solo: Liu Han Cello: Liu Han, Lin Jiayu Viola: Gan Weipeng, Yang Kaining Violin: Cai Yaoyu, Zhang Yining, Zheng Zihong Recording Engineer: Xu Wei, Chen Yilin Studio: The flyer studio (beijing), Eye studio Mixing Engineer: Lin Zhengzong Mixing studio: Platinum studio Production Executive: Cai Zhizhong Click Music Ltd.

References

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