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	AAW: A Chinese Ghost Story Review
		A Chinese Ghost Story is something like a children's animated version of the live action Hong Kong films of the same name.
		On the down side, the story is fittingly simple for a kids' movie; there is never much depth to the action, and much of the stuff in the ghost world that could have been scary or at least wild and whimsical ended up being weird for no good reason.
		A Chinese Ghost Story is basically a Disney movie with an unusually weird premise and a little bit of that anime spirit bringing it above the level it would have otherwise been stuck at.
	animeworld.com /reviews/chineseghoststory.html (1234 words)

	A Chinese Ghost Story - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A Chinese Ghost Story (Chinese: 倩女幽魂; pinyin: qiànnǚ yōuhún; Wade-Giles: Ch'ien-nü Yu-hun, literal meaning: "The Spirit of a Beauty") is a 1987 Hong Kong movie starring Leslie Cheung, Joey Wong and Wu Ma, directed by Ching Siu-tung and produced by Tsui Hark.
		The story was inspired (but extensively modified) by and could be considered a loose cinematic presentation of the Qing Dynasty short story writer Pu Songling's Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio.
		The ghost, Nie, plays a qin and she breaks a string (a common metaphor for a troubled heart or being surprised) when the man Ning steps into the pavillion.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/A_Chinese_Ghost_Story (621 words)

	A Chinese Ghost Story
		A Chinese Ghost Story is a movie about romance, action, comedy, suspense, ghost story all mixed together in one big hot pot...
		Despite all the praise, A Chinese Ghost Story is not without flaws, as it was at least 15 minutes too short.
		Well, what more is needed to be say for a film that probably most of you who have already seen, but the fact that A Chinese Ghost Story is one of those unique film that mixes all those genre together in a fast-paced 95 minutes and a sure fun time is ensured.
	www.angelfire.com /hero/hollywoodgossips/chinese_ghost_story_review.htm (353 words)

	Attack of the 50 Foot DVD: A Chinese Ghost Story (1987) (Import)
		A Chinese Ghost Story is probably one of the finest examples of the HK wire work filmmaking out there.
		The temple's resident ghost, played by Joey Wang, seduces luckless travelers and turns them over to the forest spirit, who has the aforementioned gigantic organ of taste.
		The collector and the ghost fall in love, and discover that they will have to defy Heaven and Hell to stay together.
	www.50footdvd.com /movies/c/chinese-ghost-story.html (332 words)

	Ghost story - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A ghost story may be any piece of fiction, or drama, that includes a ghost, or simply takes as a premise the possibility of ghosts or the belief of some character(s) in them.
		In a narrower sense, the ghost story has been developed as a short story format, within genre fiction.
		Two of the most important twentieth-century authors of ghost stories were Walter de la Mare and Robert Aickman, each a supreme stylist who genuinely believed in the supernatural.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ghost_story (468 words)

	A Chinese Ghost Story 2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		A Chinese Ghost Story 2 (Sinnui yauman II, 1990)
		He finds two sisters, who pretend to be ghosts, and one of them, Windy (Joey Wang) bears a striking resemblance to his lost-but-now-reincarnated-somewhere love Nieh Hsiao-Tsing (the original ghost).
		How she manages to be sexy, seductive, innocent, and confused, all while covered in ghost goo, is beyond me. So, cheesy special effects, awful pop music in Chinese, weird camera angles, and bizarre lenses, this movie has all the ingredients of a lasting classic.
	www.gotterdammerung.org /film/reviews/c/chinese-ghost-story-2.html (411 words)

	A Chinese Ghost Story (Animated)
		Ning is pretty impressed with all the action in the city and with the fact that the guy he collects a debt from gives him a lot of gold.
		In fact, she continues to tell him that he should never trust a ghost and he continues to be all about being with her.
		Ultimately this one is a love story, admittedly one of the oldest plots around, but it's that old because of its universality.
	monsterhunter.coldfusionvideo.com /ChineseGhost.html (1253 words)

	CHINESE GHOST STORY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		In ancient China, a young man is forced by a rainstorm to stay overnight in a temple where he meets and falls in love with a beautiful ghost.
		She is controlled by a vampire who forces her to kill strong men to feed him.
		Chinese language with subtitled in Chinese, English, Japanese, Korean, Bahasa (Malaysia & Indonesia) and Thai; Dolby Digital 5.1, Coded for all regions, 93 minutes.
	www.sfcontinuum.com /chghst.html (92 words)

	DVD Review - A Chinese Ghost Story (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		When I first heard that the "A Chinese Ghost Story" trilogy is coming to DVD I was cautiously ecstatic, especially so because I had heard that Media Asia remastered the movie for DVD and had given the soundtrack a Dolby Digital remix.
		I was astounded that they even had plans for the imminent DVD release of "A Chinese Ghost Story", as the movie has always been put in second place by Media Asia and not even a laserdisc version is available.
		The movie’s imagery is carefully created, and due to its intricate composition, it often seems like a painting coming to life; the romantic and passionate love story between a human and a ghost flows like a sad poem.
	www.dvdreview.com /fullreviews/a_chinese_ghost_story.shtml (1162 words)

	Stomp Tokyo Video Reviews - Chinese Ghost Story
		The public face of the local ghost population is the beautiful Hsiao-tsing, who seduces travelers that stay at the temple overnight.
		Once things get hot and heavy, Hsiao-tsing rings a little bell anklet she wears, and, in what has to be the most heinous example of coitus interruptus we've ever seen, a giant tongue comes out of nowhere and dives down the victim's throat to steal their "yang energy"!
		In every period Chinese film we've seen, tax collectors are either portrayed as licensed con-men, or as government-sponsored extortion gangs.
	www.stomptokyo.com /movies/c/chinese-ghost-story.html (761 words)

	Chinese Ghost Story 2
		The first half of this film is surprisingly comedic in nature and has a number of scenes that are slyly amusing — while the second half becomes a tale of high adventure — a small band of heroes — trying to save the Kingdom from evil doers.
		In what appears to be a few years after the first film ended, Ning (Leslie Cheung) is still burdened down and heavy of heart by his passionate love for Sian but he has sadly resigned himself to never seeing her ghostly image again — “if she reincarnated, she would be a baby now”.
		One thing that struck me as intriguing is how the film is a partial throwback to the HK films of the 50s and 60s in terms of its portrayal of the male character.
	www.brns.com /pages3/fantsy58.html (1144 words)

	A Chinese Ghost Story
		The name of this film was 'The Enchanting Shadow' made in 1960, which was adapted from a story by Pu Sung Ling (who also wrote the original story to King Hu's 'A Touch of Zen').
		Ling becomes enchanted by her oblivious to the reality that she is in fact a ghost who lures young men so that Old Dame (Lau Siu Ming), thousand year old tree demon, can suck out their Yang energy, thus leaving a corpse shrivelled like a sultana.
		It is as much a love story as it is an action/horror film and would define the visual formula for sequential wuxia films.
	www.dragonsdenuk.com /reviews/chinese_ghost_story.htm (709 words)

	A Chinese Ghost Story (1987) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		A Chinese Ghost Story is a remake of Li Han-shiang’s Enchanting Shadow (itself an adaptation of writer Pu Song-ling's The Magic Sword); a story of a restless ‘fox spirit’ Nieh Hsiao-tsing (Joey Wong) who falls in love with her mortal victim Ning Tsai-shen (Leslie Cheung).
		Vampire will come away disappointed as A Chinese Ghost Story is every bit a love story as it is a fantasy action piece.
		However it can be argued that, ironically, the actual story plays a relatively minor role in a film of various attractions including superb cinematography, a haunting score and fantastic special effects that still hold up quite well today.
	www.kungfucinema.com /reviews/chineseghoststory.htm (1519 words)

	Chinese Ghost Story
		It is a world where beautiful ghosts, hungry wolves, greedy bounty hunters and murderous swordsman roam the land.
		Yan is a Tao swordsman — as capable of battling ghosts as humans — who is so sick of the human world that he prefers refuge among the supernatural which he understands better than humans.
		The scene of her kissing Leslie underwater in order to supply him with oxygen is one of the most innocent yet erotic moments in film.
	www.brns.com /pages/fantsy9.html (699 words)

	Queenie Chan
		It's a good story, mind you, but as I said, it's not purely of my own being.
		Nothing's wrong with not being of my "own being" (here we go), but this story has indeed been told in other forms, and I want to be at least original if I'm going to devote 400 pages to a certain story.
		Therefore, this story has been shut down, though this will continue to remain here for everyone to look at.
	www.queeniechan.com /achineseghoststory (297 words)

	AnimeOnDVD.com >> Disc Reviews >> Chinese Ghost Story, A
		Based on the well-known, live-action films of the same name, A Chinese Ghost Story: The Tsui Hark Animation is the fantastic tale of strange demons, hungry ghosts and timeless love.
		This is pretty much to be expected, since the Chinese are even more well known for not properly preserving their film elements.
		Not long after that he ends up in a ghost city, where a particular ghost wants the living Ning to help her stay young.
	www.animeondvd.com /reviews2/disc_reviews/220.php (866 words)

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	eternity.free-finding.com /eternity-a-chinese-ghost-story.html (466 words)

	subway cinema \| a chinese ghost story 2 (1990)
		The movie begins with a frantic recap of A CHINESE GHOST STORY 1: tax collector Ning and his ghostly lady love, Sian, meeting at the haunted Orchid Monastery.
		For A CHINESE GHOST STORY, Tsui Hark and director Ching Siu-tung built a haunted forest on a soundstage, filled it with desiccated, blood-sucking corpses, a polysexual tree demon with a mile-long tongue, and a Lord of Hell whose cape conceals a wall of screaming, flying, biting heads.
		A rough-hewn fairy tale carved out of bleeding trees, A CHINESE GHOST STORY 2 is a touch of wonder in a cynical world.
	www.subwaycinema.com /frames/archives/tsui2001/chineseghost2.htm (694 words)

	Eternal Love (A Chinese Ghost Story TV Series) Wu Jing - Dramas
		A Chinese Ghost Story TV series is a big budget, star-studded, special effects extravaganza (that is, if you're looking for martial arts, look elsewhere) costing NT $180 million, jointly produced by Taiwan, China and Singapore.
		Based on a one-and-half page short story from Liao Zhai (Dark Tales), this is a big departure from Tsui Hark's classics, since the ghost Nie Xiao Qian, has now been changed to a fox spirit in the TV version, in order to pass through the Chinese Film Censors.
		A compelling and convoluted story by Chen Shi San (ATV's Fist of Fury, My Date with A Vampire) that explores the meaning of true love and tugs at the heartstrings without being overly sappy, dragging or both.
	www.wu-jing.org /dramas/Chinese-Ghost-Story.php (1604 words)

	Metroactive Movies \| A Chinese Ghost Story
		After Ten Miles and White Cloud battle with Red Beard, a rival ghost fighter, Ning and his dog travel to a ghost city, a cross between a medieval Chinese village and a modern-day mall where the ghosts carry cellular phones.
		At a ghost restaurant, our two heroes disguise themselves as zombies to fit in with the rest of the clientele.
		The better qualities of the Hong Kong franchise are here, including the extremely strong female characters, the lack of admiration for ruthlessness and, especially, the sense of peaceful human characters making their uneasy way between evil-doers and cruel authority.
	www.metroactive.com /papers/metro/04.08.99/chineseghost-9914.html (475 words)

	Chinese Ghost Story, A (UK - DVD R2) in Reviews > Video Discs at DVDActive
		Unknown to Ling the mysterious woman is actually a ghost, one who is forced to act as bait to lure unsuspecting men into the clutches of her master, an evil soul-devouring tree demon with an unfeasibly long tongue!
		Although primarily a love story, there are plenty of entertaining, not to mention energetic, moments involving a great deal of swordplay, wire-work and Evil Dead inspired special effects.
		A Chinese Ghost Story is presented in anamorphic 1.78:1 (slightly cropped from the original 1.85:1 ratio), and is yet another great restoration job by the folks at Hong Kong Legends.
	www.dvdactive.com /reviews/dvd/chinese-ghost-story-a.html (1163 words)

	A Chinese Ghost Story II (1990) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Surprisingly, for the commercially savvy Hong Kong film industry, a sequel to the 1987 Hong Kong smash and crossover Western favorite A Chinese Ghost Story was three years in coming.
		Windy’s father faces death for criticizing the ruling group and Lau Shun’s High Priest, a genuinely unnerving monster amidst the rubber ghouls, enchants his followers with devilish incantations and uses visions of the Golden Buddha to mollify the protagonists.
		Cheung and Wong share one memorably-charged moment, their freezing bodies pressed together for warmth, but flashbacks to the original A Chinese Ghost Story remind the audience what is missing.
	www.kungfucinema.com /reviews/chineseghoststory2.htm (823 words)

	Project Anime Network: A Chinese Ghost Story
		A very nice movie "A Chinese Ghost Story" is! Great 3-D effects and an interesting plot gives this movie a 4 stars.
		The Chinese dubbing is well done, with a practically all-star Chinese cast.
		It is a "A Chinese Ghost Story" Wallpaper.
	www.projectanime.com /series/a_chinese_ghost_story.shtml (925 words)

	A Chinese Ghost Story (1987)
		A Chinese Ghost Story features many of Hong Kong Cinema's celebrated hallmarks, including over-the-top action, a wild mix of genres, and overwrought emotions that prove surprisingly compelling.
		Reviewing A Chinese Ghost Story as an actual film is probably useless by now, as its international repuation has been all but etched in stone.
		A Chinese Ghost Story is primo eighties Hong Kong Cinema, which means a complete disregard for any attempt at realism.
	www.lovehkfilm.com /reviews_2/chinese_ghost_story.htm (575 words)

	Amazon.com: A Chinese Ghost Story: Video: Linda Wong (III),Shirley Millner,Charlie Yeung,Jordan Chan,Scott McNeil,Jan ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Ten years after the live-action A Chinese Ghost Story was a hit on the international art-house circuit in 1987, producer Tsui Hark creates an animated version of his tale.
		The story itself is very tender, sometimes melacholy, but these emotions lent themselves to the overall atmosphere of the movie.
		I was expecting the same level of story and animation to match the imaginative visuals in the live action version but I was sadly disappointed.
	www.amazon.com /Chinese-Ghost-Story-Linda-Wong/dp/B000021Y82 (1650 words)

	A Chinese Ghost Story 3 \| Retro Junk
		It begins with a scene from the first movie of the series, which shows the hero in an epic conflict with something called the Tree Devil, which has been put to sleep for a hundred years.
		Now it is "later," and the story focuses on two traveling monks, a scholarly disciple and his aged master, who are traveling the countryside bearing an image of the Buddha to be given to a particular shrine.
		One night they stay at a haunted temple and become the focus of the amorous attentions of two sexy ghosts, who are in league with the Tree Devil.
	www.retrojunk.com /details_movies/1430-a-chinese-ghost-story-3 (149 words)

	Amazon.com: Chinese Ghost Story: DVD: Leslie Cheung,Joey Wong,Ma Wu,Dawei Hu,Jing Wong,Elvis Tsui,Zhilun Xue,Siu-Ming ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Unfortunately, Hsiao-Tsing is a ghost, bound for all eternity by a hideous tree spirit with an incredibly long tongue that wraps itself round its victims and sucks out their life essence (or 'yang element')...
		Unfortunately, she is a ghost who is being forced to trap men for an evil spirit who feeds on their souls.
		While the dialogue doesn't necessarily have a lot of nuance, and while the story moves along primarily through visual means (one could probably pretty much follow the story with no subtitles at all), still, some proofreading and perhaps some consultation with someone whose first language is English might have been a good idea.
	www.amazon.com /Chinese-Ghost-Story-Leslie-Cheung/dp/6305020876 (2365 words)

	Ian Buruma: A Chinese ghost story \| Special reports \| Guardian Unlimited
		After the war, the Chinese government kept Japanese war criminals there, as well as Chinese collaborators.
		That, at any rate, is what the Chinese were told after 1963, when Chairman Mao ordered them to "study Comrade Lei Feng".
		And indeed the slums of a failing mining town, whose state industries are in terrible decay, are a fair indication that successful economies are less well served by stories about heroic selflessness, than by giving people more freedom to pursue their own interests.
	www.guardian.co.uk /china/story/0,7369,821136,00.html (775 words)

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