A down-and-out scholar Atsai is so disillusioned with life that he tries to commit suicide in a dilapidated temple. At that very moment, a female ghost appears on the scene. As she is on the verge of killing him, a male ghost also shows up. The male ghost saves him, but Atsai gives him a scolding for his trouble. Then they start sharing their woes, and end up drowning their sorrow in wine. Unfortunately, the wine is drugged and Atsai dies. Forty years later, a Taoist priest meets the ghost of Atsai, who asks for his help because he is being controlled by an old demon and cannot be reborn.
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Liu Chun
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Peng Chia-chia
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Peng Peng
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Cheng Chin-i
Atsai
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Fu Chuen
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Eric Tsang Chi-wai
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Woo Gwa
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Elsie Yeh
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Ngai Man-Yin
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Kevin Chu Director · Huang Kun Lin Screenplay Fu Li Composer
First release January 1, 1987 · Produced in Taiwan · Original title 先生骗鬼
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Taiwan
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Original title
先生骗鬼
Original language
Chinese
Spoken on screen
Chinese
Release dates
Taiwan · January 1, 1987
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Japan
December 7, 1991 · Theatrical
Singapore
January 22, 1988 · Theatrical
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