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  • Director: Andrew Chin
  • AMG Rating: starstar
  • Genre: Fantasy
  • Movie Type: Fantasy Adventure
  • Themes: Reincarnation, Obsessive Quests
  • Main Cast: Jan Lam, Lai Sui-yan, Tsui Hark, Ko Min-fai, Wong Yu-min
  • Release Year: 1997
  • Country: HK
  • Run Time: 84 minutes
  • MPAA Rating: NR

Plot

Tsui Hark is the executive producer, production designer, and screenwriter of this 82-minute Chinese animated feature displaying a full panoply of magical supergods, vexing spirits, and mere mortals. After debt collector Ning (voice of Jan Lam) loses his girlfriend Siu Lan (Lasi Suiyan), he beckons his playful dog, Solid Gold (Tsui Hark), and the two embark on fantastic adventures encountering the attractive Shine (Anita Yuen), a follower of Madame Trunk (Kelly Chen). Their eventual goal is to board the Reincarnation Train in hopes of getting Shine reborn. The original Siu Sin title is Shine's name in Chinese. To realize this fluid-action fantasy, animators at Tsui Hark's Film Workshop in Hong Kong labored for four years. Shown at the 1997 Toronto Film Festival. ~ Bhob Stewart, All Movie Guide

Cast

  • Jan Lam
  • Lai Sui-yan
  • Tsui Hark
  • Ko Min-fai
  • Wong Yu-min
James Wong; Anita Yuen; Charlie Yeung; Kelly Chen; Jordan Chan

Credit

Frankie Chung - Character Animation, Norichika Endo - Animation Director, Andrew Chin - Director, Tsui Hark - Editor, Mak Chi-Sin - Editor, Tsui Hark - Executive Producer, Ricky Ho - Composer (Music Score), Tsui Hark - Production Designer, Charles Heung - Producer, Nansun Shi - Producer, Meileen Choo - Producer, Tsuneo Leo Sato - Producer, Tsui Hark - Screen Story, Tsui Hark - Screenwriter
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A Chinese Ghost Story: The Tsui Hark Animation
Directed by Andrew Chen
Produced by Tsui Hark
Charles Heung
Nansun Shi
Written by Tsui Hark
Distributed by Hong KongGolden Harvest
Hong Kong Win's Entertainment, Ltd.
Release date(s) 1997
Running time 84 mins
Country Hong Kong Hong Kong
Language Cantonese, English, Mandarin

A Chinese Ghost Story: The Tsui Hark Animation (traditional Chinese: 小倩) is a 1997 Hong Kong animated film. It was the first Chinese animated feature film from Hong Kong. It was produced by Tsui Hark and his production company, Film Workshop It is also referred to as "Xiao Qian", "Little Pretty", "Chinese Ghost Story Xiao Qian".

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Background

The production time lasted 4 years with computer CGI being used as graphical enhancements. It was debuted at the Toronto Film Festival[1]. The story is loosely based on the ancient Chinese literature Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio. It was later translated to English by VIZ Media.

Story

Tax collector Ning wanders the land with his pet dog Solid Gold grieving over his lost love Siu Lan. Along the way, he runs into interesting characters such as ghostbuster Red Beard, White Cloud and Ten Miles. Ning ends up being targeted the antagonist Madame Trunk, who enlists Siu Sin to bring her Ning’s soul.

Characters

Name Cantonese Voiced by Mandarin Voiced by English Voiced by
Ning Jan Lamb Nicky Wu Michael Donovan
Siu Sin (Seen) / Shine Anita Yuen Sylvia Chang Nicole Oliver
Siu Lan / Lan Charlie Yeung Linda Wong Hing Janyse Jaud
Solid Gold Tsui Hark  ? Scott McNeil
Ten Miles / Monk Shi Fang Eric Kot Alec Su Matt Smith
White Cloud / Reverend Bai Yun Raymond Wong Sammo Hung Richard Newman
Red Beard / Yan Chi Xia Wong Jim Lee Li-Chun Don Brown
Siu Deep / Butterfly Charlie Yeung Liu Jo-Ying Venus Terzo
Madame Trunk Kelly Chen Yon Fan Shirley Millner
Mountain Evil Jordan Chan Lo Ta-Yu Scott McNeil
Siu Lan Fu Ronald Cheng Ronald Cheng  ?

Awards

References

  1. ^ IMDB. "NYTimes." A Chinese Ghost Story. Retrieved on 2007-01-23.

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Tsui Hark filmography
Director
The Butterfly Murders (1979) • Dangerous Encounter - 1st Kind (1980) • We're Going to Eat You (1980) • All the Wrong Clues (1981) • Zu Warriors from the Magic Mountain (1983) • Shanghai Blues (1984) • Aces Go Places 3 (1984) • Working Class (1985) • Peking Opera Blues (1986) • A Better Tomorrow 3 (1989) • The Master (1989) • The Swordsman (1990) • King of Chess (1991) • Once Upon a Time in China (1991) • The Raid (1991) • Once Upon a Time in China II (1992) • Green Snake (1993) • Once Upon a Time in China III (1993) • The Lovers (1994) • Once Upon a Time in China V (1994) • Love in the Time of Twilight (1995) • The Blade (1995) • The Chinese Feast (1995) • Tristar (1996) • Double Team (1997) • Knock Off (1998) • Time and Tide (2000) • The Legend of Zu (2001) • Black Mask 2: City of Masks (2002) • Seven Swords (2005) • The Warrior (2006) • Missing (2008) • All About Women (2008) • Detective Dee (2010)
Collaborating director
The Banquet (1991) • Twin Dragons (1992) • Triangle (2007)
Writer/producer
A Better Tomorrow (1986) • A Chinese Ghost Story (1987) • A Better Tomorrow 2 (1987) • The Laser Man (1988) • The Big Heat (1988) • Fight and Love with a Terracotta Warrior (1989) • Deception (1989) • Just Heroes (1989) • The Killer (1989) • A Chinese Ghost Story II (1990) • Spy Games (1990) • A Chinese Ghost Story III (1991) • New Dragon Gate Inn (1992) • Swordsman II (1992) • The Wicked City (1992) • Iron Monkey (1993) • The East is Red (1993) • The Magic Crane (1993) • Once Upon a Time in China IV (1993) • Black Mask (1996) • Shanghai Grand (1996) • A Chinese Ghost Story: The Tsui Hark Animation (1997) • Once Upon a Time in China and America (1997) • Master Q 2001 (2001) • The Era of Vampires (2002) • Xanda (2004)
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