The Enchanting Phantom
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A timeless love story of a scholar who falls in love with a female ghost and tries to free her from eternal servitude to a demon. Scholar Ning Cai Chen heads to the capital to take the state examinations. Along the way, he spends the night at Lan Ruo temple where he meets and falls in love with Nie Xiao Qian a ghost who seduces men to absorb their life essence as offering to Lao Lao. After much struggle, Ning Cai Chen and Nie Xiao Qian become a couple, however, Lao Lao plans to marry Nie Xiao Qian off to the Heishan Demon. In his desperation, Ning Cai Chen commissions the help of demon hunter Yan Chi Xia.
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Cast
11 people
Eleanor Lee
Nie Xiaoqian
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Chen Xingxu
Ning Caichen
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Norman Chui
Lao Lao
Yuen Wah
Yan Chixia
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Kung Fu Hustle
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Norman Tsui Siu-keung
Lao Lao
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Duel to the Death
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Ken Lok Tat-wah
Nangong Wuji
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Anaconda
Sex and Zen II
Steven Cheung Chi-hang
Zhiqiu Ye
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The Twins Effect II
Liu Yiyan
Xiao Qing
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The Desert Dragon
Di Renjie and the Flying Demon Head
Zhang Chunzhong
Xia Hou
Known for
Once Upon a Time in China III
The Wrath of Vajra
Gao Lin
Shuang Shuang
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Lin Zhenzhao Director · Yuen Kai-chi Writer Zhang Shengfan Writer
First release May 1, 2020 · Produced in China · Original title 倩女幽魂：人间情
Production
China
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Original title
倩女幽魂：人间情
Original language
Chinese
Spoken on screen
Chinese
Release dates
China · May 1, 2020
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
South Korea
April 8, 2021 · Theatrical
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