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A Chinese Ghost Story

A Chinese Ghost Story

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Summary

Martial arts horror starring Leslie Cheung. Forced to spend a night in a supposedly haunted temple, Ning Tsai-Chen falls in love with a beautiful young girl, unaware that she attempted to kill him while he was sleeping.

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Review

A star rating of 4 out of 5.

Dick Fiddy

This marvellous example of the ghost genre popular in Hong Kong and most Asian areas is a real treat that combines excellent martial art sequences with lavish fantasy scenes and slapstick. (The merging of comedy and horror, a relative rarity in the west, has long been a staple of this market.) The story concerns a tax collector who falls in love with a ghost and is drawn into a supernatural battle for her soul. But the plot is secondary to the haunting visuals and bravura set pieces that make it a classic of its type. An ideal sampler to the weird and wonderful world of Hong Kong fantasy.

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Cast

rolenameNing Tsai-ShenLeslie CheungNieh Hsiao-TsingWang Zuxian Yen Che-HsiaWu Ma

Crew

rolenameDirectorChing Siu-Tung

Details

Theatrical distributor

The Other Cinema

Languages

Chinese

Guidance

Available on

video and DVD

Formats

Colour

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