1 Movie Starring Ma Wu

A Chinese Ghost Story

A Chinese Ghost Story

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1987-07-18

Languages:

Cantonese

Countries:

Hong Kong

Runtime:

98 min

Rated:

UNRATED

IMDB Ratings:

7.6 (6382 Reviews)

Director:

Siu-Tung Ching

Cast:

Writer:

Songling Pu (novel)

Gai Chi Yuen

Fullplot:

Ning Tsai-Shen, a humble tax collector, arrives in a small town to carry out his work. Unsurprisingly, no-one is willing to give him shelter for the night, so he ends up spending the night in the haunted Lan Ro temple. There, he meets Taoist Swordsman Yen Che-Hsia, who warns him to stay out of trouble, and the beautiful Nieh Hsiao-Tsing, with whom he falls in love. Unfortunately, Hsiao-Tsing is a ghost, bound for all eternity by a hideous tree spirit with an incredibly long tongue that wraps itself round its victims and sucks out their life essence (or 'yang element')...

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