A Chinese Ghost Story (1987)
A Chinese Ghost Story (1987)
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.
Leslie Cheung Kwok-Wing
Ling Choi Sin / Theme Song Performance
Joey Wong Cho-Yin
Lip Siu Sin
Wu Ma
Swordsman Yin Chek Ha
Lau Siu-Ming
Tree Demon
David Lam Wai
Swordsman Hsia Hou
Wai Lam
Swordsman Hsia Hou
Zhilun Xue
Siu Ching
David Wu
Secretary Chiu / Original Music Composer
Wong Jing
Judge
David Wu
Secretary Chiu
Chiang Kam
Policeman
Huang Ha
Boss at Tavern
Sze Mei-Yee
Sells Paintings
Yeung Yau-Cheung
Sells Charms
Pu Songling
Writer
Tony Ching Siu-Tung
Director
Media.
Details.
Release DateJuly 18, 1987
Original Name倩女幽魂
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 38m
Content RatingNR
Budget$1,250,000
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A Chinese Ghost Story (Chinese: 倩女幽魂; Wade–Giles: Ch'ien-nü Yu-hun; lit. 'The Ethereal Spirit of a Beauty') is a 1987 Hong Kong horror film starring Leslie Cheung, Joey Wong and Wu Ma, directed by Ching Siu-tung and produced by Tsui Hark. The plot is loosely based on a short story about Nie Xiaoqian from Qing dynasty writer Pu Songling's Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio and is also inspired by the 1960 Shaw Brothers Studio film The Enchanting Shadow. The film was popular in Hong Kong and several Asian countries, including South Korea and Japan. Although the film could not gain access to movie theaters in mainland China when it was first released, it became a cult film among young people in the mainland. At that time the film generated a phenomenal cult following among audiences, especially the generation born in the 1980s. In 2011, the Hong Kong producers screened a restored version officially in mainland China.
Most notably it boosted the stardom of Joey Wong, won Leslie Cheung popularity in Japan, and sparked a trend of folklore ghost films in the Hong Kong film industry, including two sequels, an animated film, a television series and a 2011 remake. The film was ranked number 50 of the Best 100 Chinese Motion Pictures presented at the 24th Hong Kong Film Awards, the Special Jury Special Award of the 16th French Science Fiction Film Festival and the Best Film Award of the Portuguese Science Fiction Film Festival.