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Release Date:
May 23, 2003
Original Title:
殭屍大時代
Alternate Titles:
Great Age of Zombies
Jiang shi da shi dai
Os Caçadores de Vampiros
The Era of Vampires
Tsui Hark's Vampire Hunters
Vampire Hunters
Vampire Hunters - Jagd nach den Vampiren
ツイ・ハークの 霊戦英雄伝
殭屍大時代
Genres:
Action | Fantasy | Horror
Production Companies:
Film Workshop
Production Countries:
Hong Kong | Japan | Netherlands
Ratings / Certifications:
JP: R18+ US: R
Runtime: 108
In 17th century China, zombies and vampires roamed the lands, feeding on the unsuspecting. A group of martial artists / vampire hunters find themselves employed by a very rich - and very insane - old man who has kept everyone of his relatives preserved in wax and not buried. Apparently it is his family's tradition. So, having generations of potential zombies in your cellar may not be the smartest idea ever, but it takes two to tango. In this case, a thief wants the old-man's treasure and hires a zombie-wrangler to re-animate the waxed up relatives in order to sneak into the mansion and steal the treasure. It's up to the kung-fu fighting vampire hunters to save the day (or night).
Director:
Wellson Chin Sing-Wai
Director of Photography:
Sunny Tsang Tat Sze
Joe Chan Kwong-Hung
Herman Yau
Editor:
Marco Mak Chi-Sin
Makeup Artist:
Maggie Choy Yin-Ching
Original Music Composer:
J.M. Logan
Producer:
Tsui Hark
Screenplay:
Tsui Hark
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