A Chinese Ghost Story

A Chinese Ghost Story

  • Director: Siu-Tung Ching
  • Writer: Songling Pu,Kai-Chi Yuen
  • Countries of origin: Hong Kong
  • Language: Cantonese
  • Release date: July 18, 1987
  • Sound mix: Mono
  • Aspect ratio: 1.85 : 1
  • Also known as: Thieu Nu U Hon
  • "A Chinese Ghost Story" is a period romance film produced by Hark Tsui , directed by Siu-Tung Ching , and starring Leslie Cheung , Joey Wong and Wu Ma . It was released in Hong Kong, China on July 18, 1987.
    The film is a remake of the film of the same name produced by Shaw Brothers in 1960. It tells the story of a human-ghost love between the scholar Ning Caichen and the female ghost Nie Xiaoqian   . The film has won the 16th French Science Fiction Film Festival Jury Special Award, the Portuguese Science Fiction Film Festival Best Film Award, and the 24th Taiwan Film Golden Horse Award for Best Adapted Screenplay   .

    Details

    • Release date July 18, 1987
    • Filming locations Hong Kong, China
    • Production companies Golden Harvest Company, Cinema City Film Productions, Film Workshop

    Box office

    Budget

    $5,600,000 (estimated)

    Movie reviews

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    • By Nicole 2022-12-30 09:19:44

      Gently white gauze flutters like a dream, jade texture condenses the skin and memory in the heart

      Of course it's not the first time, but it's the first time I've seen it in a movie theater. I've seen a lot of laughs

       

      , lines, and funny performances. I've never felt this before .

      Compass, when

      you hide from the canopy and when you are

      wronged and eat steamed buns, I feel so

      embarrassed Wang Zuxian's face

       
      is very fond of the scene setting and character setting in Qian Nv. In the old version, many dialogues still...

    • By Alden 2022-12-29 18:38:36

      Talk about my brother and Xiaoqian (there is no theme, just write it wherever I think of it)

      The love between Xiaoqian and Ning Caichen can't be remembered from the beginning. It may be from Liao Zhai, or it may be from the novel of Zhiguai. I don't want to pursue it anymore. Really, it doesn't mean that a story with a prototype is necessarily beautiful. Sometimes a movie depends on the person who interprets it. I remember that it was said in a documentary that an actor's achievement depends on the right time and place. Emotions, find the right script, plus the right director, then...

    • By Nelle 2022-12-25 18:57:40

      The human world is too complicated, the ghost world is black and white

      There are many bad people among people, and there are good people among the ghosts, which is a bit like the application of Jin Yong's novels in the demon world. "You think ghosts are scary, but people are actually more scary. Sometimes people are more cruel than ghosts." This line is quite classic, but in the whole story, the scariness of people is mainly about talking, failing to show it. A Zuo Lengchan and Yue Buqun-style characters, the main antagonists are the two thousand-year-old tree...

    • By Alivia 2022-12-23 22:53:44

      After the elder brother, there is no Ning Caichen anymore.

      This should be the first brother's movie I've watched, before I knew he was the brother.

      According to rumors, the name of the elder brother comes from Xiaoqian's name for Caichen in the play. From then on, the world only said that Leslie Cheung will always be the "elder brother" in our hearts.

      The dream of being a scholar when I was a child was like "Ning Caichen", who was enlightened by my brother, that white-clothed scholar who stumbled and carried a schoolboy's basket on...

    • By Era 2022-12-20 07:01:54

      classic

      Should it be considered a horror movie, at least those out-of-the-ordinary shots don't really exist to scare the audience, it seems to be a little bit of bad fun.

      Everyone in the film hopes to do things that make them happy according to their own values: Xiahou wants to compete for martial arts rankings, Yan Chixia wants to hide from right and wrong, Ning Caichen wants to collect money, grandma wants to collect Yang Qi, Jianghu people want to arrest Wanted criminals for bounty,...

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    • By Ken 2023-09-27 01:34:49

      The front edge is destined to live together in this life. Floating life without him is just wasted, but with him in the world is better than countless. Can you find him in the vast...

    • By Okey 2023-09-20 09:29:01

      Ten miles of Pinghu, the sky is full of frost, every inch of blue silk is melancholy. Looking at each other in the shape of a moon, I only envy the mandarin ducks and not the...

    • By Gillian 2023-08-31 03:35:11

      The most classic human ghost love, the story is touching. Ten miles of Pinghu, the sky is full of frost, every inch of blue silk is melancholy, and the moon-shaped one looks at each other, only envious of mandarin ducks, not...

    • By Ibrahim 2023-08-21 14:42:16

      The classics, Leslie Cheung and Wang Zuxian are breathtakingly beautiful. Although there are many versions of Nie Xiaoqian and Ning Caichen, I only love this...

    • By Lisa 2023-08-13 19:53:38

      A beautiful and romantic myth of human and ghost, a thrilling and humorous fantasy story. Cheng Xiaodong uses his elegant and agile camera language to bring the audience excellent audio-visual enjoyment, and Wang Zuxian's weaker and softer female ghost image can really be described as otherworldly. In the most glorious era of Hong Kong cinema, everything is so...

    Movie plot

    Ning Caichen ( Leslie Cheung ) went to Guobei County to collect his accounts. In heavy rain, he hid in the legendary aranya and stayed overnight . However, the Taoist Taoist Yan Chixia ( played by Wu Ma ) refused, so Ning Caichen sneaked into the temple. At night, Ning Caichen is attracted by the sound of the piano and meets the young girl Nie Xiaoqian ( played by Joey Wong ) . Nie Xiaoqian revealed his murderous intentions, but...
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    Behind the scenes gags

    There is a plot in the film that requires Ning Caichen to grab a Masked Palm Civet . Leslie Cheung was afraid to grab it during the filming. It was not until the end that he gritted his teeth to finish the scene. However, Leslie Cheung and Masked Palm Civet's rivalry did not appear in the film   .
    In the film, the tongue of the tree demon's grandmother is handmade by Siu-Tung Ching. It is actually a dyed sponge   .
    "A Chinese Ghost...
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    Creation Background

    In the 1960s, Hark Tsui watched the movie "A Chinese Ghost Story" directed by Li Hanxiang. Twenty years later, Hark Tsui asked Shaw Brothers to borrow Li Hanxiang's version of the movie "A Chinese Ghost Story" and found that there was still a lot of room for him to explore. He found the martial arts instructor Siu-Tung Ching he knew when he directed the drama "The Love of the Golden Sword" in his early years, and said to him: "The...
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    Casting process

    Before the film was filmed, Joey Wong, who was still young at the time, called Hark Tsui’s wife Shi Nansheng to ask for an audition, but Shi Nansheng did not consider Joey Wong at all, so he politely rejected Joey Wong. Later, Joey Wong personally found director Hark Tsui to ask for an audition. The director finally agreed to let Zuxian audition, and the appearance was just right during the audition. Later, Hark Tsui decided to play...
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    Handed down classics

    Leslie Cheung and Joey Wong interpret the film "A Chinese Ghost Story", which is not an adaptation of a masterpiece, into the style of a classic masterpiece   . The film is a fantasy love movie with both oriental charm and international resonance. The film not only made the costumes of Leslie Cheung and Joey Wong deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, but the mashup of comedies and horror films also made costume ghost films become...
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    Screen classic image

    Leslie Cheung's infatuated scholar Ning Caichen in the film became a classic image on the screen, which allowed the "student craze" to continue for a period of time   .
    Ning Caichen, who is played by Leslie Cheung in the movie, is simple and silly, but still elegant in dullness, demonstrating his acting ability to deal with the two different emotions of joy and sadness   .
    "A Chinese Ghost Story" is one of Leslie Cheung’s best early...
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    Movie quotes

    • Yin Chek Hsia: Today's a good day in hell. They must've got Tsing back.

      Ling Choi Sin: Old Evil is coming to collect the bride.

      Yin Chek Hsia: Scholar, it seems we've to storm hell!