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A Chinese Ghost Story (2011)

A Chinese Ghost Story poster
Original title
倩女幽魂
Directed by
Wilson Yip
Genre
fantasy film
Country
People's Republic of China
Runtime
1h 40m
Rated
12
Rating
5.6 of 10 from 58 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young tax collector falls in love with a beautiful ghost who is forced to lure men for a tree demon. He must find a way to save her from her supernatural bondage.

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What happens

A Chinese Ghost Story, also known as A Chinese Fairy Tale, is a 2011 fantasy-supernatural film directed by Wilson Yip, starring Louis Koo, Liu Yifei, Yu Shaoqun, Kara Hui, Louis Fan, and Wang Danyi Li. The film is adapted from the short story Nie Xiaoqian in Pu Songling's Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio, a collection of supernatural stories set in ancient China. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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