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Original title: Sien lui yau wan

19871987
K-16K-16
1h 38min

Action Fantasy Horror

After a string of bad luck, a debt collector has no other choice than to spend the night in a haunted temple, where he encounters a ravishing female ghost and later battles to save her soul ... Read allAfter a string of bad luck, a debt collector has no other choice than to spend the night in a haunted temple, where he encounters a ravishing female ghost and later battles to save her soul from the control of a wicked tree demon.After a string of bad luck, a debt collector has no other choice than to spend the night in a haunted temple, where he encounters a ravishing female ghost and later battles to save her soul from the control of a wicked tree demon.

7.5/10

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Director
- Siu-Tung Ching
Writers
- Songling Pu(novel)
- Kai-Chi Yuen
Stars

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Awards
- 12 wins & 18 nominations

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Trailer 1:57

A Chinese Ghost Story

Leslie Cheung and Wu Ma in Sien lui yau wan (1987)

Leslie Cheung, Wai Lam, Siu-Ming Lau, Joey Wang, and Wu Ma in Sien lui yau wan (1987)

Leslie Cheung and Joey Wang in Sien lui yau wan (1987)

Leslie Cheung in Sien lui yau wan (1987)

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')... —Michael Brooke <michael@everyman.demon.co.uk>

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Trivia
Included among the "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die", edited by Steven Schneider.

Quotes
Yin Chek Hsia: Today's a good day in hell. They must've got Tsing back.
Ling Choi Sin: Old Evil is coming to collect the bride.
Yin Chek Hsia: Scholar, it seems we've to storm hell!

Connections
Edited into Sien lui yau wan II: Yan gaan dou (1990)

Top review

Cinema at its best

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.

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