A Chinese Ghost Story
About A Chinese Ghost Story
A naïve young tax collector for the imperial government winds up spending the night in a haunted temple. There he falls in love with a beautiful woman who, unfortunately, is dead.
Tony Ching Siu-Tung's A Chinese Ghost Story is a 1987 fantasy film. The film is filed under rescue, china, spirit, and ghost story.
Leslie Cheung appears as Ling Choi-san, Joey Wong as Lip Siu Sin, Wu Ma as Swordsman Yin Chek-ha, and Lau Siu-Ming as Tree Demon. It runs 95 minutes and was released in July 1987.
The screenplay is by Yuen Kai-Chi. It streams on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, and AMC+ in the United States.
Kwaidan, The Conjuring 2, and Annabelle make useful companions to A Chinese Ghost Story, all filed under ghost. TMDB voters put it at 7.3 out of 10 across 353 votes and it carries a NR rating.