film about a little boy and his friend, the ganoderma alien (translation of the Chinese title) named Y Y. On a hunting trip, some men see a large mushroom. Their guide tells them it's a god that has saved many people. The men don't care and knock it off a cliff. Bing, wraps it up and takes it home. That night, the mushroom grows a face and starts walking around the house. Soon, a friendship is born. All is well until one of dad's hunting buddies realizes Y Y's healing powers. He takes Y Y to sell him and it's up to Bing and his human friend, Fatty, to rescue Y Y and return him to his cliff.
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Bin Bin
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Chang Chih-yung
Chung-Yung Li
Cecilia Mao
Augustine Yeh
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Wei Fei Chu
Cecilia Mao Director · Chang Chih-yung Director Chen Po-Wen Editor
First release January 1, 1988 · Produced in Taiwan · Original title 靈芝異形
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Taiwan
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Original title
靈芝異形
Original language
Chinese
Spoken on screen
Chinese
Release dates
Taiwan · January 1, 1988
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