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Traditional 鬼新娘 Mandarin Guǐ Xīn Niáng Directed by David Lai
Taylor Wong Initial release 7 October 1987 Box office 22.1 million HKD | 6/10 IMDb Simplified 鬼新娘 Cantonese Gwai San Neong Produced by Johnny Mak Directors Taylor Wong, David Lai Music director Joseph Chan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nominations Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actress Cast Chow Yun‑fat, Cherie Chung, Pauline Wong, Deanie Ip Similar Chow Yun-fat movies, Ghost movies, Horror movies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Spiritual Love, also known as Ghost Bride or The Phantom Bride is a 1987 Hong Kong fantasy comedy film directed by David Lai and Taylor Wong and starring Chow Yun-fat, Cherie Chung, Pauline Wong and Deanie Ip.
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Plot
A man named Pu Yung-tsai lives with his cousin who is a student Feng shui and Maoshan. Pu buys an antique desk from a second-hand shop and inside is a suicide letter written by a young woman called Wei Hsiao-tieh. Pu replies to the letter and gives up 3 years of his life, so the woman is able to come back to Earth and get away from her forced marriage. Then, Pu splits up with his girlfriend, May, because he caught her having an affair. Pu then begins a relationship with the Hsiao-tieh. Afterwards May wants to get back together with Pu because her rich boyfriend has dumped her. She stages a suicide to benefit from Pu but it backfires and she dies.
She then returns as a ghost in a night club and Pu, his cousin, his cousin's mentorr and his friend attempted to get rid of her spirit. She chases them all around the club trying to kill them but then Hsiao-tieh turns up after making a deal with her husband to go back to him, if he will get rid of May's ghost. The husband then turns up and eats May and then returns to his own realm.