A Chinese Ghost Story
(1987)
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A Chinese Ghost Story
(1987)
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Leslie Cheung | ... | |
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Joey Wang | ... |
Lit Sin Seen
(as Tsu-hsien Wang)
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Ma Wu | ... | |
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Kam Chiang |
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Dawei Hu |
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Wai Lam | ... |
Hsia-hou
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Siu-Ming Lau | ... | |
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Elvis Tsui |
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Jing Wong | ... |
(as Jing Wang)
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Zhilun Xue | ... |
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Ning Tsai-Shen, a humble tax collector, arrives in a small town to carry out his work. Unsurprisingly, no-one is willing to give him shelter for the night, so he ends up spending the night in the haunted Lan Ro temple. There, he meets Taoist Swordsman Yen Che-Hsia, who warns him to stay out of trouble, and the beautiful Nieh Hsiao-Tsing, with whom he falls in love. Unfortunately, Hsiao-Tsing is a ghost, bound for all eternity by a hideous tree spirit with an incredibly long tongue that wraps itself round its victims and sucks out their life essence (or 'yang element')... Written by Michael Brooke <michael@everyman.demon.co.uk>
This is cinema how it should be. A great and funny story. Great direction and actors. The fight scenes against the demon were the best choreographed that I've ever seen. Music, photography and editing were top notch but unfortunately this film was overseen at the Academy Award nominations. Unfortunately I've watched this movie only on television. But the film must be seen on the biggest screen you can find in a cinema.