A Chinese Ghost Story...

Joey Wong enchants Leslie Cheung in A Chinese Ghost Story.
	Year:	1987
	Director:	Ching Siu-Tung
	Producer:	Tsui Hark
	Action:	Ching Siu-Tung, Philip Kwok Chun-Fung, Tsui Chung-San, Wu Chi-Lung
	Cast:	Leslie Cheung Kwok-Wing, Joey Wong Cho-Yin, Wu Ma, Lau Siu-Ming, Lin Wei, David Wu Dai-Wai
	The Skinny:	The original supernatural action-comedy-romance-horror-swordplay flick!
	Review by Kozo:	Leslie Cheung stars as Ning, a meek tax collector who finds himself involved in a wacky supernatural romance. He's slated to become a victim to enchanting ghost Nie (Joey Wong), who's bound to an evil tree demon (Lau Siu-Ming) who feed on men's souls. Ning's soul is slated for consumption, but due to a variety of circumstances, he's prevented from becoming soul food. Even more, the comely Nie grows to care for Ning, and vice versa. Then roving ghostbuster Wu Ma shows up to take down spirits with his nifty Taoist methods. There's also impomptu singing, sumptuous production design, and a tree demon with an extraordinarily long tongue. What a great film! However, the most compelling thing about A Chinese Ghost Story is probably its sheer cinematic energy. People fly, jump, and engage in situation comedy with little pause for breath, and whatever pauses that do occur are usually there to linger on Joey Wong's lovely face. That everything seems incredibly fake and staged is irrelevant. A Chinese Ghost Story is primo eighties Hong Kong Cinema, which means a complete disregard for any attempt at realism. Everything here is so hyperrealistic and over-the-top that it makes Hollywood musicals look like the very model of restraint.
	Awards:	7th Annual Hong Kong Film Awards • Winner - Best Art Direction (Yee Chung-Man) • Winner - Best Original Score (Tai Lok-Man, James Wong Jim) • Winner - Best Original Song ("Lai Ming But Yiu Loi" performed by Sally Yeh) • Nomination - Best Picture • Nomination - Best Director (Ching Siu-Tung) • Nomination - Best Actress (Joey Wong Cho-Yin) • Nomination - Best Supporting Actor (Wu Ma) • Nomination - Best Cinematography (Poon Hang-Sang, Lee Ka-Ko, Lau Moon-Tong, Wong Wing-Hang) • Nomination - Best Editing (Cinema City Editing Group) • Nomination - Best Action Design (Ching Siu-Tung, Kwok Chui, Lau Chi-Ho, Tsui Chung-San, Wu Chi-Lung)
	Also see:	A Chinese Ghost Story 2 (1990) A Chinese Ghost Story 3 (1991) A Chinese Ghost Story: The Tsui Hark Animation (1997)

I really LOVE this movie, JOEY WONG is soooooo.....pretty! Even I as a girl, was smitten by her...

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