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Every legend has it’s beginnings, and some are more explosive than others. Packed with gorgeous, extremely animated puppetry work, effects that call to mind classic tokusatsu shows such as Super Sentai in the best ways possible, and an awesome score that heightened the feeling in each scene, DEMIGOD – The Legend Begins is a film not to miss.
Set in ancient Asia, DEMIGOD is the origin story of Su Huan-Jen, a popular character from a long running Taiwanese TV show. While in the show, Huan-Jen is a powerful warrior, when we meet him at the start of DEMIGOD he is simply a humble scholar, buried in debt to a librarian. Intending to use his skills as a doctor to dig his way out of this debt, he is approached by the Lord of Globe Castle; in exchange for using his healing abilities to cure the ailing Lord, his debts will be covered and he will be given access to an ancient, powerful book. However, he unwittingly becomes caught up in a violent conflict for control of...
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