Mr. Vampire
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| Mr. Vampire | |
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| Directed by | Ricky Lau |
| Produced by | Sammo Hung Kam-Bo, Mun-kai Ko |
| Written by | Ricky Lau, Chuek-Hon Szeto, Barry Wong, Ying Wong |
| Starring | Ching-Ying Lam, Siu-hou Chin, Ricky Hui, Moon Lee |
| Music by | Melody Bank |
| Cinematography | Peter Ngor |
| Editing by | Peter Cheung |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment |
| Release date(s) | 1985 |
| Running time | 96 min |
| Country |  Hong Kong |
| Language | Cantonese |
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Mr Vampire, aka Geungsi Sinsang (Chinese: 殭屍先生 Jiāngshī Xiānsheng) is Ricky Lau's 1985 highly acclaimed film in Hong Kong action cinema.
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[edit] Synopsis
Chinese priest Kou (Lam Ching Ying) is engaged to perform a reburial for a rich man. Together with his two disciples Manchoi (Ricky Hui) and Tsausan (Chin Siu-Ho), Kuo discovers the corpse is almost intact. However, the corpse rises as a vampire. The ghost-fighting trio begins their battle to the killing vampire.
The plot centers on Jiang Shi (hopping corpses) that run amok, and the efforts of the Taoist priest and his two inept assistants to end the outbreak of these Chinese vampires.
[edit] Release
Highly successful at the time, both at home and as a cult film favorite with overseas enthusiasts of Hong Kong cinema, Mr. Vampire spawned four sequels, inspired numerous parodies and homage films, and launched the late Lam Ching Ying's character of the "One-Eyebrow Priest", the unibrowed Taoist exorcist he would portray not only in the Mr. Vampire sequels but in many other, not necessarily related, films.
[edit] Awards
At the 1986 Hong Kong Film Awards, Melody Bank won an award for Best Original Film Score. The film was nominated for 11 other awards at the Hong Kong film awards: Best Picture, Best Screenplay (Barry Wong and Roy Szeto), Best Director (Ricky Lau), Best Cinematography (Peter Ngor), Best Action Choreography, Best Art Direction (Sai Kan Lam), Best Film Editing (Peter Cheung), Best New Performer (Billy Lau), Best Original Film Song (the song Gwai San Neung, or "Ghost Bride"), and two Best Supporting Actor nominations (Billy Lau and Ching-Ying Lam).
[edit] Cast
- Priest Kou Lam Ching Ying
- Disciples Manchoi (Ricky Hui) and Tsausan (Chin Siu-Ho)
- The vampire in the movie is played by Yuen Wah.
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