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Curious Tales of a Temple

Release Date:Release date TBD

Running Time:152 min

Genres:Fantasy, Animation, Drama, Comedy

Directors

Xie Junwei Zou Jing Cui Yuemei Liu Yuan Huang Heyu Liu Yilin

Cast

Lu Lifeng Lin Qiang Zhang He Chen Ziping Fu Bohan Chen Linling Liu Xiaoyu Gu Jiangshan Yihui Xie Fu Tingyun Yang Mo Li Shimeng

Top billed cast (via TMDB).

Synopsis

An epic animated fantasy anthology film intertwining six storylines from China's classic supernatural story collection "Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio" by Pu Songling. The six stories center on Lanruo Temple, an ancient ruin haunted by spirits. Weaving in classic tales like "Taoist from Laoshan Mountain," "Princess Lotus," "Nie Xiaoqian," "The Painted Skin" and "The Daughter of Magistrate Lu." These stories — spanning humans, ghosts and demons — explore love, death and morality against shifting time. The film merges six distinct styles into one anthology. For example, "Taoist from Laoshan Mountain" uses felt-textured animation, while "The Painted Skin" mirrors Song dynasty painting aesthetics.

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