The historical fantasy film basically revolves around the tale of an impoverished scholar and a fox demon in search of a magic pill. Chen Linong plays the guileless Wang Zijin, the scholar on the way to Beijing who inadvertently becomes fast friends with Li Xian’s fox demon Bai Shisan. Unbeknownst to him, the wily Bai Shisan actually has plans to use him to retrieve the magic pill that will turn him immortal.
A Fox and a Scholar — Joe Hisaishi
The Beginning of the Journey — Joe Hisaishi
The Moonlight Gathering — Joe Hisaishi
Donkey Running Away — Joe Hisaishi
Secret Talk — Joe Hisaishi
The Academy of Miserable Sea — Joe Hisaishi
Frog's Trap — Joe Hisaishi
The Frog Monster — Joe Hisaishi
Puppet Scholars — Joe Hisaishi
Battle with the Frog Monster — Joe Hisaishi
Mission Failed — Joe Hisaishi
Looking for Brother Daoran — Joe Hisaishi
Temptation of Jiankang City — Joe Hisaishi
The Peony Brothel — Joe Hisaishi
Curse of the Evil Spirits — Joe Hisaishi
Rousing of Thunderbolts — Joe Hisaishi
Lure of the Evil Spirits — Joe Hisaishi
Starting the Imperial Examination — Joe Hisaishi
The Bardo World — Joe Hisaishi
Rupture of a Friendship — Joe Hisaishi
The Furious Showdown — Joe Hisaishi
A Real Immortal Fox — Joe Hisaishi
Xiao Bai and Zijin — Joe Hisaishi
A Quiet Town — Joe Hisaishi
Finding My Clamen — Joe Hisaishi
Death of Yinglian — Joe Hisaishi
Providence — Joe Hisaishi