Helmed by the late great Li Han Hsiang, the director of period classics The Love Eterne, Reign Behind the Curtain, and The Burning of the Imperial Palace, 1979's The Ghost Story is an interesting title in the director's filmography. The film is based on a classic folk tale from Pu Songling's Liaozhai Zhiyi, a Qing Dynasty collection of ghost stories that has been adapted countless times. Ngok Wah takes on two roles in this eerie period erotica, playing a cunning general and an amorous scholar who become entangled in a dangerous liaison of seduction and vengeance with a female ghost.

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Product Title:	The Ghost Story (VCD) (Hong Kong Version) 鬼叫春 (VCD) (香港版) 鬼叫春 (VCD) (香港版) 鬼叫春 (VCD) (香港版) The Ghost Story (VCD) (Hong Kong Version)
Artist Name(s):	Ngok Wah (Actor) \| Hu Chin (Actor) \| Lisa Chiao Chiao (Actor) \| Shirley Yu (Actor) 岳華 (Actor) \| 胡錦 (Actor) \| 焦姣 (Actor) \| 余莎莉 (Actor) 岳华 (Actor) \| 胡锦 (Actor) \| 焦姣 (Actor) \| 余莎莉 (Actor) 岳華（ンゴッ・ワー） (Actor) \| Hu Chin (Actor) \| Lisa Chiao Chiao (Actor) \| Shirley Yu (Actor) Ngok Wah (Actor) \| Hu Chin (Actor) \| Lisa Chiao Chiao (Actor) \| Shirley Yu (Actor)
Director:	Li Han Hsiang 李翰祥李翰祥李翰祥（リー・ハンシャン） Li Han Hsiang
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Release Date:	2007-07-24
Language:	Mandarin
Subtitles:	English, Traditional Chinese
Country of Origin:	Hong Kong
Disc Format(s):	VCD
Duration:	102 (mins)
Publisher:	Intercontinental Video (HK)
Other Information:	2VCDs
Package Weight:	100 (g)
Shipment Unit:	1 What is it?
YesAsia Catalog No.:	1004938447

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導演︰李翰祥
Director: Li Han Hsiang

春宵一刻　千金難求
艷鬼報仇　千年未晚

本片為李翰祥編導，改編自蒲松齡之著名古典小說《聊齋》。由岳華一人分飾王將軍及書生王生，胡錦、余莎莉及林洋洋三大艷星合演艷鬼三姊妹，另焦姣飾書生之妻陳氏。故事描述，王將軍害女鬼花氏(胡錦飾)吃掉奇特大餅，歡好後竟變成牛隻。一千年後，花氏千修百煉中竟化成人形，尋仇而來，邂逅已變成好色書生的王將軍……

In Chinese folklore, fairies exist on the first level of immortality thereby being close to mortal men and because of this can't resist sexually seducing men. In The Ghost Story, accredited historical epic turned soft porn director Li Han-hsiang mixes period piece with sex hungry demonesses trying to attain reincarnation by seducing soldiers during the Tang Dynasty. Featuring the Taiwanese, sex symbol Hu Chin and the charismatic sexpot Shirley Yu, this adult fairy tale is saturated with nudity and soft core mayhem.

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Demons and the men they seduce Customer Review Rated Bad 8 - 8 out of 10

If you have seen director Gordon Chan's excellent 2008 film "Painted Skin" and you are curious about how the great Li Han Hsiang might tackle that same story from Pu Songliang's classic "Tales from Liaozhai Studio", then look no further than "The Ghost Story". "The Ghost Story" combines director Li's wit and style with all of the sumptuous details we expect of a Shaw Brothers classic to produce a thoroughly enjoyable and ghoulish confection. The film actually depicts two of the classic Liaozhai tales. In the first (which runs for 25 minutes), a righteous general quarters his troops at a country inn, where the three lovely proprietresses have a cunning scheme to increase their herds of livestock. The righteous general suspects foul play when his soldiers begin to disappear and manages to turn the tables on the three vixens.

In the second story (which runs about 115 minutes), a randy scholar seeks to take advantage of a damsel in distress that turns up on his doorstep. But there is more to this damsel than meets the eye and soon the scholar's family is at risk in a battle against supernatural forces. Hu Chin gives fine performances, first as the eldest proprietress of the country inn, then as the damsel in distress with a dark secret. Ngok Wah is suitably righteous in the first story and dissolute in the second.

Yes, this film includes some nudity and the kind of simulated groping and grinding associated with blue films from the 1970s, but the emphasis here is on engaging storytelling and no one does that better than Li Han Hsiang. Highly recommended for a mature audience.

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