Description: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-TsiNing 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')...... (more)(less)
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Harvemmin on tullut nähtyä näin onnistuneesti fantasiamaisia kauhuelementtejä, kuolemankin ylittävää rakkautta, eeppisiä taistelukoreografioita sekä hulvatonta komediaa yhdistävää filmiä. A Chinese Ghost Story pysyy myös ihailtavan hahmovetoisena alusta loppuun, tarjotessaan samalla visuaalisesti huikeita, kiehtovaan kasariestetiikkaan kietoutuvia näkyjä sekä viehättävän kekseliäitä erikoistehosteita. Tapahtumat etenevät toki pikajunan lailla, mutta visuaalisuuden ih"
"Sien nui yau wan Director: Siu-Tung Ching
Producers: Chun Claudie Chung, Tsui Hark
Script: Gai Chi Yuen
Photo: Haung Yonghen, Lau Tom, Lee Sander, Li Jiaogao, Liu Putang, Poon Hang-sang, Wong Wing-hung
Music: Romeo Diaz, James Wong
Starrings: Leslie Cheung, Joey Wang, Ma Wu, Siu-Ming Lau, Dawei Hu
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 hau"
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