The Enchanting Shadow (1960)

Original title

倩女幽魂

Directed by

Li Han-hsiang

Genre

fantasy film

Country

Hong Kong

Runtime

1h 23m

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 17 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A scholar meets a beautiful woman in a haunted temple who is not what she seems. He falls into a dangerous and tragic romance with a ghost. The story is about love trying to survive in a world of spirits and fate.

atmosphericromanticmelancholicmythicalslow-pacedlyricalhaunting

What happens

The Enchanting Shadow (Chinese: 倩女幽魂, Sin neui yau wan, Chi’en-nu Yu-Hin, Qiàn yǚ Yōuhún) is a 1960 Hong Kong drama film directed by Li Han-hsiang. It was entered into the 1960 Cannes Film Festival. The film was also selected as the Hong Kong entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 33rd Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee. The film was an inspiration for the 1987 film A Chinese Ghost Story. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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