The Legend of Hei
One Small Spirit Will Determine the Fate of the World.
When cat spirit Luo Xiaohei's home is deforested by humans, he must find a new one.He runs into a group of other spirit creatures who take him under their wing with dreams of reconquering the land they say is rightfully theirs.
- Director
- MTJJ
- Signature
- Craft · Wonder · Action
- Worldwide
- $48M
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Cast
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When cat spirit Luo Xiaohei's home is deforested by humans, he must find a new one. He runs into a group of other spirit creatures who take him under their wing with dreams of reconquering the land they say is rightfully theirs. However, they run into a human known as Wuxian who separates Luo Xiaohei from the other spirits and the two go on a journey, with the cat spirit learning to control his abilities as well as forming his own thoughts on whether or not he should ally with the spirits or the humans.
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The record
Awards
1 win
NYICFF Grand Prize
1 win
- WinnerNYICFF Grand Prize
The numbers
Box Office & Release
- Budget
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- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
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- Worldwide gross
- $48M
- Release date
- Aug 27, 2019
- Runtime
- 1h 42m
- MPAA rating
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- Language
- Mandarin
- Country
- China
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