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.[1] It was entered into the 1960 Cannes Film Festival.[2] 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.[3] The film was an inspiration for the 1987 film A Chinese Ghost Story.[4]
| The Enchanting Shadow | |
|---|---|
 Film poster | |
| Simplified Chinese | 倩女幽魂 |
| Literal meaning | beautiful ghost woman |
| Hanyu Pinyin | qiàn yǚ yōuhún |
| Directed by | Li Han-hsiang |
| Written by | Pu Songling Wang Yueting |
| Produced by | Run Run Shaw Zhou Duwen |
| Starring | Betty Loh Ti Zhao Lei |
| Cinematography | He Luying |
| Edited by | Chiang Hsing-lung |
| Music by | Yao Min Chi Hsiang-tang |
| Distributed by | Shaw Brothers Studio |
Release date |
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Running time | 83 minutes |
| Country | Hong Kong |
| Languages | Mandarin Cantonese |
Plot edit
At the end of Ming Dynasty and the beginning of Qing Dynasty, the country was in ruins and the society was in turmoil. The scholar Ning Caichen went to collect rent and stayed overnight at Jinhua Temple, where he met the swordsman Yan Chixia. The female ghost Nie Xiaoqian was forced by the old demon grandmother to take Ning Caichen's life for the grandmother to suck blood. In the face of beauty and gold, Ning Caichen was unmoved. Nie Xiaoqian was kind by nature, so she told him the truth and let him live with Yan Chixia, thus escaping the disaster. Nie Xiaoqian was originally a daughter of an official, and died in a foreign land. Ning Caichen took her ashes back home. On the way, the grandmother attacked, and Ning Caichen's life was in danger. Yan Chixia arrived and subdued the old demon.
Cast edit
- Betty Loh Ti as Nie Xiaoqian
- Zhao Lei as Ning Caichen
- Yang Chih-ching (Yang Zhiqing) as Yan Chixia
- Tang Ruoqing as Lao Lao
- Lee Kwan as Scholar's servant
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "The Enchanting Shadow". Hong Kong Film Archive. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: The Enchanting Shadow". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 15 February 2009.
- ^ Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
- ^ Shaw, Tristan (18 October 2019). "'The Enchanting Shadow': A classic ghostly romance". SupChina. Archived from the original on 19 October 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
External links edit
- The Enchanting Shadow at IMDb
- The Enchanting Shadow at the Hong Kong Movie Database
- The Enchanting Shadow at the Chinese Movie Database
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