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A Chinese Ghost Story

Release Date:March 23, 1988

Running Time:95 min

Genres:Fantasy, Action

Director

Cast

Leslie Cheung Joey Wong Wu Ma Lau Siu-Ming David Lam Wai Fanny Sit Chi-Lun David Wu Wong Jing Huang Ha Sze Mei-Yee Chiang Kam Yeung Yau-Cheung

Top billed cast (via TMDB).

Synopsis

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. With the aid of a powerful Daoist Swordsman, he must defeat undead hordes, overcome a sinister Tree Demoness, and descend to the pits of hell, to fight for the spirit he loves.

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