Ghost Woman of the Old Mansion (1949) [N/A]

Release Date:
July 6, 1949

Original Title:
古園妖姬

Genres:
Horror

Production Companies:
Grandview Film Company Limited

Production Countries:
Hong Kong

Ratings / Certifications:
 N/A

Runtime: 93

Mok Ming moves into Po Tak-yan’s old mansion. Po's mistress, the songstress Tsi Law-heung, has died in it. Her spirit haunts the mansion as she is unburied. Mok sees her ghost and notes that she resembles his late wife Kit-ching. Mok dreams that his wife has possessed Tsi's body in return. Mok asks Uncle Tak to take him to the coffin. Tsi resurrects as Kit-ching. Mok accepts that his wife has returned from death, but he is suspicious. He brings her to a nightclub, where they chance upon Po and his mistress, Chan Mei-chu. Po is suspicious. Mok explained that his wife has returned through Tsi's body. Two reporters are there and the news is reported in the papers. To resolve his suspicions, Po goes to the old mansion. He meets Mok, his “wife,” and Uncle Tak. The wife denies that she is Tsi. Po retrieves a pistol and goes to confront the woman. Mok intervenes. In the struggle, Po falls down the railing to his death, but Tsi is shot. Now it is time for her to tell Mok of her past.

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Cinematography:
Chiu Man-Ho

Continuity:
Wong Bing-mau

Director:
Chiu Shu-ken
Lau Fong

Executive Producer:
Chiu Shu-ken

Makeup Artist:
Tse Tsak-Yuen

Mix Technician:
Ting Ming

Music:
Chow Long

Original Story:
Hung-Sang Yi

Producer:
Chiu Shu-ken

Production Assistant:
Cheung Shun

Screenplay:
Lau Fong
Cheng Shu-kin

Set Designer:
Wong Hang

Sound Mixer:
Lee Hok-Wah

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