Hong Kong A Chinese Ghost Story sits in the top 7% of Hong Kong films on this catalog — ranked #59 of 836 by TMDB audience score.
Synopsis
倩女幽魂
Ning Tsai-Shen, a humble tax collector, arrives in a small town to carry out his work. No one is willing to give him shelter for the night, so he ends up in the haunted Lan Ro temple. There, he meets Taoist Swordsman Yen Che-Hsia, and the beautiful Nieh Hsiao-Tsing, with whom he falls in love.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #59 of 836 Hong Kong films indexed here (93rd percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +1.0 points above the Hong Kong average of 6.3/10.
Among Hong Kong Fantasy productions specifically: #9 of 75 (top 12%).
Audience Engagement
237 audience reviews — more than 90% of Hong Kong films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 81th percentile among Hong Kong films.
Other Titles From Cinema City
Fantasy + Action in Hong Kong
49 Hong Kong titles in our catalog blend the Fantasy and Action genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding A Chinese Ghost Story itself).
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with A Chinese Ghost Story. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
The 1986–1988 Hong Kong Window
Among 50 Hong Kong films we catalog from this window, A Chinese Ghost Story places #3 — near the top of its class.
The 1980s Hong Kong Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 1980s in Hong Kong, 151 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when A Chinese Ghost Story premiered alongside 15 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 15 other Hong Kong films in 1987.
The 239th Hong Kong title from Hong Kong we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1955).
Our Hong Kong catalog contains 836 titles in total (828 films).
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on A Chinese Ghost Story, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- elope · 4
- monsters of the wild · 1
- hell storming · 1
- spirit · 20
- rescue · 13
- ghost · 84
Production Details
| Primary Country | Hong Kong |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Cantonese |
| Production Companies | Cinema City, Film Workshop, Golden Princess Film Production Ltd. |
| Runtime | 1h 38m |
| Release Date | July 18, 1987 |
| IMDb | tt0093978 |