Schemes in Antiques (Chinese: 古董局中局; pinyin: Gǔdǒng jú zhōng jú) is a 2021 Chinese adventure, suspense film based on Ma Boyong's novel title, Antique Bureau Central Bureau, directed by Derek Kwok and produced by Han Sanping.
The movie tells of a dispute in the cultural relics circle caused by the return of a Buddha head by the Japanese Kido family.
Miss Kido from Japan (Matsumoto Lili) is about to return a Buddha head of Wu Zetian Mingtang in the Tang Dynasty to China, but she indicated that the descendants of Xu Family, the white character door of the "Five Vessels", an authoritative organization of the cultural relics industry, would come to receive it.
The entrustment of the granddaughter Huang Yanyan (Xin Zhilei), the head of Wumai, the bizarre death of his father, the persecution of Wumai genius medicine (Li Xian), and the grandfather's death (Ge You)'s follow-up and the pursuit of the mysterious man Lao Zhaofeng (Qin Yan), the wish must be entangled by the forces of all parties to find out the truth of the Buddha's head.
[5] On November 28, the film held its premiere in Beijing where director Guo Zijian, the original author and literary consultant Ma Boyong, producer Han Sanping, screenwriter Zhu Xuan, Fan Wenwen, Huang Hai, producer Liang Lin and actors Lei Jiayin, Xin Zhilei, Ge You, Aruna, etc.