A Chinese Ghost Story

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- Original title
- Sien nui yau wan (A Chinese Ghost Story)
- Year
- 1987
- Running time
- 98 min.
- Country
Hong Kong
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Yuen Kai-Chi. Novel: Songling Pu
- Cast
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- Leslie Cheung
- Joey Wong
- Wu Ma
- David Lam
- Lau Siu-Ming
- Fanny Sit
- Wong Jing
- David Wu
- Huang Ha
- Yeung Yau-Cheung
- Sze Mei-Yee
- Chiang Kam
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- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
Cinema City. Producer: Tsui Hark- Genre
- Fantasy. Action | Wuxia. Ghosts. Cult movie
- Movie Groups
- A Chinese Ghost Story
- Synopsis
- 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').
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- Awards
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1987: Sitges Fantasy Film Festival: Best Special Effects1988: Fantasporto Film Festival: Best Film Award.1988: Avoriaz International Fantastic Film Festival: Special Jury Award. 2 nominations
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