![]() Veteran character actor Wu Ma stars as “Yin Chik-ha”, a Taoist warrior priest that hunts ghosts. ![]() She would go on to appear in Jackie Chan’s “City Hunter”, “Butterfly and Sword”, “The Banquet” and two sequels to “A Chinese Ghost Story”. Originally from Taiwan, her success in this film led to her becoming something of an idol, especially in Japan and South Korea. Joey Wong plays “Nip Siu-sin”, a ghostly spirit that is forced to lure young men to their death for the Tree Demon. He left a suicide note saying that he had been suffering from depression. He sadly took his own life in 2003 aged just 46 years old. He is probably best remembered for his breakthrough role in John Woo’s “A Better Tomorrow”, and achieved great acclaim for his performances in “Rouge”, and Wong Kar-Wai’s “Days of Being Wild”. A Hong Kong singer, actor and film producer, he is considered as “one of the founding fathers of Cantopop”. Leslie Cheung stars as “Ling Choi-san”, a debt collector who falls in love with a beautiful ghost. The plot was loosely based on a short story from Qing dynasty writer Pu Songling’s “Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio”, and also inspired by the 1960 Shaw Brothers Studio film “The Enchanting Shadow”. Romantic comedy horror film starring Leslie Cheung, Joey Wong and Wu Ma, directed by Ching Siu-tung and produced by Tsui Hark.
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