| Release Date: | Mar 1988 |
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| Genres: | Thriller / Romance / Fantasy / Comedy / Action |
| Awards: | 8 wins & 10 nominations |
| Runtime: | 92 min |
| Cast: | Leslie Cheung (Ling Choi Sin), Joey Wang (Lit Sin Seen), Ma Wu (Yin Chek Hsia), Kam Chiang (), Dawei Hu () Wai Lam (Hsia-hou) Siu-Ming Lau (Tree Devil) Elvis Tsui () Jing Wong ((as Jing Wang)) Zhilun Xue (Ching) |
Ning Tsai-Shen, a humble tax collector, arrives in a small town to carry out his work. Unsurprisingly, no-one is willing to give him shelter for the night, so he ends up spending the night in the haunted Lan Ro temple. There, he meets Taoist Swordsman Yen Che-Hsia, who warns him to stay out of trouble, and the beautiful Nieh Hsiao-Tsing, with whom he falls in love. 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')...
