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Ghost
Lantern |
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Year: |
1993 |
Chingmy Yau and Tony Leung Ka-Fai |
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Director: |
Andrew
Lau Wai-Keung |
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Producer: |
Wong
Jing |
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Action: |
Dion
Lam Dik-On |
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Cast: |
Tony
Leung Ka-Fai, Chingmy
Yau Suk-Ching, Roy
Cheung Yiu-Yeung, Tommy
Wong Kwong-Leung, Yuen
King-Tan, Ha Ping,
Lee Siu-Kei |
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The
Skinny: |
Another
take on the Chinese Ghost Story flick, only modernized
with triads. An entertaining little throwaway movie. |
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Review
by Kozo: |
Another in the ghost/human romance genre, this modern take
on A Chinese Ghost Story finds lowlife Tony Leung Ka-Fai
being pursued by ghost Chingmy Yau. It turns out they were
lovers in a previous life, but her soul is tormented. She
died horribly and her skin was used to make a lantern. While
that disgusting image settles in, here's the rest of the plot:
Leung finds it his job to get the lantern back and reunite
it with her bones - thus freeing her for reincarnation. Unfortunately,
it’s under the watchful eye of the man-who-plays-triads, Roy
Cheung. To help, Leung enlists cop Tommy Wong, in one of his
larger roles to date. For Hong Kong Cinema fare, this typical
flick does its job well, mixing the usual genres into one
large, mixed-up bundle. The result is satisfying enough, except
the ending isn’t too cheery. Chingmy Yau and Tony Leung turn
in solid performances. (Kozo
1995) |
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Availability: |
DVD
(Hong Kong)
Region 0 NTSC
Mei Ah Laser
Widescreen
Cantonese and Mandarin Language Tracks
English and Chinese Subtitles |
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image courtesy
of Mei Ah Laser Disc Co., Ltd.
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