A Chinese Ghost Story

A Chinese Ghost Story

Old Evil is coming to collect the bride.

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Release Date

7/18/1987

Runtime

96 mins

Overview

Ning Tsai-Shen, a humble tax collector, arrives in a small town to carry out his work. No one is willing to give him shelter for the night, so he ends up in the haunted Lan Ro temple. There, he meets Taoist Swordsman Yen Che-Hsia, and the beautiful Nieh Hsiao-Tsing, with whom he falls in love.

Status

Released

Original Language

cn

Budget

$1,250,000

Revenue

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A breathless blend of romance and spectacle set in a haunted temple, where sword-swinging action and supernatural peril spiral around an unlikely love story. It moves with infectious energy, mixing genuine tenderness with wild bursts of danger and imaginative monster mayhem.

Mood

RomanticExhilaratingWhimsicalUnsettling

Themes

LoveRedemptionSurvivalFaith

Tone

Playful

Pacing

Propulsive

Look

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Structure

Linear

Heads up

Graphic violence

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