A Chinese Ghost Story (1987)

Director
Ching Siu-Tung

Main cast
Leslie Cheung; Joey Wong; Wu Ma; Lau Siu-Ming; Lam Wai

Genres
Fantasy, Action

Description
Ning Tsai-Shen, a humble tax collector, arrives in a small town to carry out his work. No one is willing to give him shelter for the night, so he ends up in the haunted Lan Ro temple. There, he meets Taoist Swordsman Yen Che-Hsia, and the beautiful Nieh Hsiao-Tsing, with whom he falls in love.


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