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A Chinese Ghost Story (1987) [NR]

Release Date:
July 18, 1987

Original Title:
倩女幽魂

Alternate Titles:
A Chinese Ghost Story
A Chinese Ghost Story Ⅰ
A.Chinese.Ghost.Story.I
En spøkelseshistorie
Histoire de fantômes chinois
Sien lui yau wan
Sien nui yau wan
Sien nui yau wan 1
Storie di fantasmi cinesi
Verführung aus dem Reich der Toten
倩女幽魂1
倩女幽魂Ⅰ
倩女幽魂：妖魔道
천녀유혼
천녀유혼1

Genres:
Action | Fantasy

Production Companies:
Cinema City
Film Workshop
Golden Princess Film Production Ltd.

Production Countries:
Hong Kong

Ratings / Certifications:
DE: 16  FR: TP  JP: G  KR: 15  NL: 12  US: NR 

Runtime: 98

Overview from TheMovieDB

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.

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Art Direction:
Kenneth Yee

Director:
Tony Ching Siu-Tung

Director of Photography:
Poon Hang-Sang
Horace Wong Wing-Hang
Tom Lau Moon-Tong
Sander Lee

Martial Arts Choreographer:
Phillip Chung-Fung Kwok
Alan Chui Chung-San

Original Music Composer:
Romeo Díaz
James Wong
David Wu

Producer:
Tsui Hark

Screenplay:
Yuen Kai-Chi

Theme Song Performance:
Leslie Cheung

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