The Gods releases Luo Jin’s stills

Male version of Empress of China make-up fad.

Korean-Chinese collaboration The Gods has released stills for Luo Jin.  Luo Jin fans now have something to ogle or despair about the small number of images released   Following the novel and starring Wang LikunTang Yixin, Yu Hewei, and Zhang Bo, I guess it is nice to see China trying to bring more of its mythological and literary heritage to the screens.

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Wang Likun Dazzles as Daji

As similar as the costumes look to The Legend of Miyue, this is not Sun Li.

We’ve been in kind of a period drought but stills have been released for what looks like a less wacky take on Investiture of the Gods, this rendition simply titled The Gods.  This version stars Wang Likun as beauty-possessed-by-a-nine-tailed-thousand-year-old-fox-demoness-turned-country-wrecker Daji, Luo Jin as Yang Jian, Tang Yixin, Yu Hewei, and Zhang Bo. The drama is yet another weird Korean-Chinese historical drama collaboration with a Korean director.

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