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The Enchanting Shadow

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The Enchanting Shadow
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Simplified Chinese倩女幽魂
Literal meaningbeautiful ghost woman
Hanyu Pinyinqiàn yǚ yōuhún
Directed byLi Han-hsiang
Written byPu Songling
Wang Yueting
Produced byRun Run Shaw
Zhou Duwen
StarringBetty Loh Ti
Zhao Lei
CinematographyHe Luying
Edited byChiang Hsing-lung
Music byYao Min
Chi Hsiang-tang
Distributed byShaw Brothers Studio
Release date
  • 17 August 1960 (1960-08-17)
Running time
83 minutes
CountryHong Kong
LanguagesMandarin
Cantonese

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]

Plot

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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

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "The Enchanting Shadow". Hong Kong Film Archive. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
  2. ^ "Festival de Cannes: The Enchanting Shadow". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 15 February 2009.
  3. ^ Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
  4. ^ 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.
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