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Synopsis: 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')...
Director(s): Siu-Tung Ching
Production: Cinema City & Film Company
  11 wins & 14 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.6
Rotten Tomatoes:
67%
UNRATED
Year:
1987
98 min
175 Views


Miss,

let me lure him away then!

Run when he tries to get

hold of me!

Don't let him see you.

Here's you lute, Miss!

What's your name?

Ning Tsai-shen!

What's yours?

Nieh Hsiao Tsing!

Nieh Hsiao Tsing!

Tomorrow night...

Tomorrow night I'll come

to see you.

Stop running!

It's dangerous.

Stop! You can't get away!

If you think you can scream,

I can scream too!

Damn Taoist, both of us want

shelter here.

Actually, all the men I

killed deserve it.

Why have you been annoying me?

I'm not.

I'm hiding in this hellish place

to stay away from hatred

the fighting in the world.

We've the common objective

to annihilate criminals

for the good of mankind.

We're in fact are fellowmen.

Fellowmen? Nonsense!

You're hurting me too.

One day, you'll be in big trouble,

then I'll finish you off.

You're a good man. Don't

come to me anymore.

Hsiao Tsing!

The big beard

Man of love,

Did you come upon anything

last night?

I've touched everything in

the house.

Did you see anything eerie?

Including you?

Idiot!

I'm serious. Why are you joking?

Who knows if you're

serious or not?

You're always joking?

Get out of this place. It's haunted.

Show me the ghost if you can.

Stupid fool. Do you think

you can see a ghost that easy?

Then they must not be a ghost.

They won't show up in the day.

Big beard, don't scare me.

Tell them to come at night,

if not in the day.

Don't regret it.

Why don't you believe me?

If I see you at night,

I'll throw you out.

Come on, do that!

No, I'll kill you.

There's no better way to help him.

Hope that can save his life.

Ghost? He must be kidding.

Where's my lower portion?

Damn big beard! Where have

you put it?

Your lower portion? Isn't it

connected to your upper portion?

Don't talk nonsense!

Take it!

He's incoherent. No point

in helping him.

It's illegible anyway,

I'll fill it in myself.

Have you really lived in

Lan Ro Temple?

It clearly shows 70 tales.

Pay up.

Take it.

Thank you.

Inn keeper!

You scared me. What do you want?

I was scared too.

Excuse me, excuse me...

Hsiao Tsing!

Hsiao Tsing!

Can you hear me?

Stop.

Did you hear me, stop!

Don't go!

Who said that? Who did?

Let me see who's a wanted convict.

Don't you listen I said stop?

That man of taste is here again.

Boss!

Why are you here again?

Boss, where's that painting

''The girl washing hair''?

I'll get it for you at once.

Boss, what are you doing?

Why's it missing? No one

has ever asked for it.

Well, come again tomorrow.

I promise I'll find it for you.

Well, I'll come again

tomorrow.

How could all 3 lanterns

be blown out?

When the wolf comes,

see how I'd cope with you.

Can't you see the Yellow River's water,

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