"Topi Exorcist" is the second film directed by Zhang Jiahui, and it is also a ghost film, the first of which is "Oban Shengong" in 2014. At this time, Zhang Jiahui was already the film emperor of the two Hong Kong Film Awards, so he tested the nature of the transformation director like this, or made full use of his connections in the entertainment industry.
"Topi Exorcist" is a suspenseful horror film produced by Tianxia Film Productions and UFO Filmmaker Production Co., Ltd., directed by Zhang Jiahui, starring Zhang Jiahui, Guo Caijie, Cai Sibei, Zhang Jicong Shi Yanneng, jacky Cheung, Wu Qihua, Jiang Haowen, Zhen Yongbei, Xie Xuexin, Yu Wenle, Qian Jiale Liu Weiqiang and other friendship cameos, released in Hong Kong, China on November 26, 2015. [The next film is Gu Tianle's company, and the UFO filmmaker production is Zeng Zhiwei Chen Kexin's company]
The character played by Zhang Jiahui in "The Exorcist of Tuodi" is called Huang Yongfa, who is born with yin and yang eyes, and is an alternative exorcist who lives in the Mong Kok area of Hong Kong - Tuodi exorcist. Not only can he see ghosts, communicate with ghosts, but he can also see the painful experiences of ghosts before they die. Therefore, the Tuodi exorcist does not use drawing symbols or spells, only uses a mouth, that is, counting (negotiating) with the ghosts, which is very in line with the role positioning of the Tuodi exorcist. Of course, he still has this conventional exorcism move, such as pinching his fingers, driving away with raw rooster firecrackers, and so on. Every time Huang Yongfa drives a ghost, he has to tattoo the same pattern on his body, and when there is no place to tattoo on his body, he can no longer exorcise ghosts. And there was an even bigger secret in him that even he didn't know, until one time he encountered a very angry evil ghost. [The Cantonese word Tuodi has the meaning of local bullies and the meaning of charging protection fees; just like in "The King of Comedy", Chow Sing Chi took His Eyes Hui to collect Tuodi, and then Eye Hui was beaten by Lee Shau Kee and received 20 pieces]
Huang Yongfa, as a Topi exorcist, has a certain reputation in his territory, and also has some loyal fans. Zhang Jicong played by the rich second generation is one of his super fans, following him all day to exorcise ghosts, and then use the mobile phone to shoot the process video, and then upload it to the Internet, the result is extremely high click rate, so that Huang Yongfa has also become an Internet celebrity. Huang Yongfa, an exorcist of Tuodi, became popular on the Internet, which aroused the interest of zining, an entertainment journalist played by Cai Sibei, who took the initiative to apply to investigate and interview him, hoping to become famous by reporting on his real exorcism process. In order to explore the news, Zi Ning did not hesitate to personally try the ghost, and also tried to ask Mi to ask the ghost and other means, almost lost his life, fortunately Huang Yong sent a hand to save each other, but also by him reprimanded: people and ghosts are in the same world, should respect each other. Since then, Zi Ning has become more interested in Huang Yongfa and secretly has a heart of admiration. [Cai Sibei is the runner-up of Miss Hong Kong 2013, this is her film debut]
When Zi Ning personally went to Huang Yongfa's home to investigate his origins, she unexpectedly found that there was a female ghost in his family, and the female ghost Jiang Xue and Huang Yongfa, played by Guo Caijie, were in the same room, living together like relatives and lovers for decades. It turned out that Jiang Xue had committed suicide in that room decades ago, but because he was unable to reincarnate immediately, he stayed there. Soon, Huang Yongfa's mother moved here with Huang Yongfa, who was only a few years old, and Huang Yongfa came here and saw him, and talked to him normally like a person, and the two soon became friends. Huang Yongfa's mother took him to a difficult life alone, and was bullied, so she wanted to carry Huang Yongfa and jump off the building to commit suicide, it was the female ghost Jiang Xue who saved him, but his mother died; leaving Huang Yongfa and Jiang Xue to rely on each other for decades.
The evil ghost played by Shi Yanneng comes to Huang Yongfa and asks him to help kill a person to avenge him, Huang Yongfa refuses to release Yanneng and wants to kill him, but unexpectedly finds that he cannot kill him, because Huang Yongfa's Yangshou has already ended. It turned out that as early as a few decades ago, on the day that Huang Yongfa's mother jumped off the building, he should have died, it was the female ghost Jiang Xue who saved him, and the way to save him was that she exchanged her Yangshou for Huang Yongfa in the next life, so that he could continue to live in the human world, and then he still lived in this room, one person and one ghost, living together for decades, and people and ghosts can also have a long-term relationship. In "The Exorcist of Tuodi", Huang Yongfa and Jiang Xue, Huang Yongfa and Zi Ning may not even be counted as human ghost love; Jiang Xue is a ghost Zining is a person, and Huang Yongfa should have been a ghost, but he got the life of the next life that the ghost exchanged, and the affection or love between them is beyond life. [In the film, Huang Yongfa rides a bicycle with Jiang Xue, and at the end of the film, Huang Yongfa pulls Zi Ning, who has a short-haired white dress, running in the street, paying tribute to Chen Kexin's "Sweet Honey" and "Golden Branches and Jade Leaves" respectively]
Good friend Gu Tianle participated in the investment of this film, the heroine Guo Caijie is Gu Tianle personally recommended to Zhang Jiahui; Jacky Cheung, who claims to be Zhang Jiahui's half-brother, made a cameo appearance as the god of death, but only showed one side, a black suit supporting a black umbrella, no eyes, wasting the super cool shape designed by gold medal art director Xi Zhongwen. What is even more wasteful is that Zhang Jiahui actually asked Jacky Cheung to help sing the theme song by the way, and the result was that Zhang Jiahui himself sang a song of Wang Feng's "You Are My Beloved Girl" with a slag-level Chinese.
In the end, this "Todi Exorcist" won the nominations for Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best New Actor, Best Sound Effects, Best Visual Effects and Best New Director at the 36th Hong Kong Film Awards, but unfortunately only nominated.