A Chinese Ghost Story 4K 1987 Ultra HD 2160p

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')...

User Review
I had the opportunity to sit down and watch director Siu-Tung Ching's 1987 movie again here in 2023, which makes it the second time for me to watch it. I remember watching this movie when I was younger, but I didn't really enjoy the movie back then. Luckily my taste in movies have grown since then.

The storyline in "Sien Lui Yau Wan", as written by Kai-Chi Yuen, is enjoyable and entertaining. And it definitely was a script that brought me entertainment from start to end.

"Sien Lui Yau Wan" has a good cast ensemble, with the likes of Leslie Cheung and Joey Wang in the leading roles.

The 1987 Hong Kong fantasy movie "Sien Lui Yau Wan" (aka "A Chinese Ghost Story") is definitely a classic in the Hong Kong cinema. If you enjoy the Hong Kong cinema, then you have to sit down and watch this movie, if you haven't already seen it.

There is a lot of things going on in this movie, from action, martial arts, a love romance and supernatural things. So it is safe to say that "Sien Lui Yau Wan" might just actually have a little bit of something for everyone in the audience.

Great cinematography throughout the course of the movie, which makes it feel like the audience is right there alongside Leslie Cheung (playing Ling Choi San) and Wu Ma (playing Yin Chek Ha).

Granted, "Sien Lui Yau Wan" is an aging movie, and it is showing on the special effects; especially on the stop motion sequences with the animated corpses. But it actually plays out well enough, as the cheesy effects just adds some charm to the movie.

Info Video

Codec: HEVC / H.265 (87.3 Mb/s)
Resolution: Native 4K (2160p)
HDR: Dolby Vision, HDR10
Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.85:1

Info Audio

#Cantonese: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
#French: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
#English: DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0

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