1987 Hong Kong romantic comedy horror film by Ching Siu-tung
For the 2011 film of the same title, see A Chinese Ghost Story (2011 film).
A Chinese Ghost Story
Hong Kong film poster
Chinese
倩女幽魂
Hanyu Pinyin
Qiàn Nǚ Yōu Hún
Jyutping
Sin6 Neoi5 Jau1 Wan4
Directed by
Ching Siu-tung
Written by
Yuen Kai Chi[1]
Produced by
Tsui Hark
Starring
Leslie Cheung
Joey Wong
Wu Ma
Cinematography
Poon Hang-sang
Sander Lee Kar-ko
Tom Lau Moon-tong
Wong Wing-hang[2]
Music by
Romeo Diaz
James Wong[1]
Production company
Film Workshop[3]
Release date
18 July 1987 (1987-07-18) (Hong Kong)
Country
Hong Kong
Language
Cantonese
Box office
US$3.8 million (est.)
A Chinese Ghost Story (Chinese: 倩女幽魂; Wade–Giles: Ch'ien-nü Yu-hun; lit. 'The Ethereal Spirit of a Beauty') is a 1987 Hong Kong romantic comedy horror film starring Leslie Cheung, Joey Wong and Wu Ma, directed by Ching Siu-tung and produced by Tsui Hark. The plot is loosely based on a short story about Nie Xiaoqian from Qing dynasty writer Pu Songling's Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio and is also inspired by the 1960 Shaw Brothers Studio film The Enchanting Shadow. The film was popular in Hong Kong and several Asian countries, including South Korea and Japan. Although the film could not gain access to movie theaters in mainland China when it was first released, it became a cult film among young people in the mainland. At that time the film generated a phenomenal cult following among audiences, especially the generation born in the 1980s. In 2011, the Hong Kong producers screened a restored version officially in mainland China.[4]
Most notably[according to whom?] it boosted the stardom of Joey Wong, won Leslie Cheung popularity in Japan,[citation needed] and sparked a trend of folklore ghost films in the Hong Kong film industry,[citation needed] including two sequels, an animated film, a television series and a 2011 remake. The film was ranked number 50 of the Best 100 Chinese Motion Pictures presented at the 24th Hong Kong Film Awards, the Special Jury Special Award of the 16th French Science Fiction Film Festival and the Best Film Award of the Portuguese Science Fiction Film Festival.
^ abMorton 2001, p. 70.
^Charles 2000, p. 155.
^Cite error: The named reference newman was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Wang, Hongjian (4 May 2018). "A Chinese Ghost Story: A Hong Kong comedy film's cult following in Mainland China". Journal of Chinese Cinemas. 12 (2): 142–157. doi:10.1080/17508061.2018.1475968. ISSN 1750-8061. S2CID 194825813.
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