Spiritual Love (film)

Spiritual Love

DVD Cover
Traditional 鬼新娘
Simplified 鬼新娘
Mandarin Guǐ Xīn Niáng
Cantonese Gwai2 San1 Noeng4
Directed by David Lai and Taylor Wong
Produced by Johnny Mak and Stephen Siu
Written by Stephen Siu
Starring Chow Yun-fat
Cherie Chung
Deannie Yip
Distributed by Golden Harvest
Johnny Mak Productions Ltd
Release dates
  • 1987 (1987)
Running time
 85 minutes
Country Hong Kong
Language Cantonese
Mandarin
Box office HK$22,098,000

Spiritual Love, also known as Gui xin niang, Ghost Bride or The Phantom Bride is a 1987 Hong Kong fantasy comedy film directed by David Lai and Taylor Wong.[1]

Plot

A man called Pu Yung Tsai lives with his cousin who is a student Feng Shui and Mao Shan. Pu Yung Tsai 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 Yung Tsai 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 Yung Tsai splits up with his girlfriend May because he caught her having an affair. Pu Yung Tsai then begins a relationship with the Wei Hsiao Tieh. Afterwards May wants to get back together with Pu Yung Tsai because her rich boyfriend has dumped her. She stages a suicide for Pu Yung Tsai benefit but it backfires and she dies.[2]

She then returns as a ghost in a night club and Pu Yung Tsai, his cousin, his cousin's master and his friend attempted to get rid of her spirit. She chases them all around the club trying to kill them but then Wei 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.[2]

Cast

Nomination

Nomination at the Hong Kong Film Awards 1988 : Best Supporting Actress (Deannie Yip)[4][5]

Home Media

VHS

Release date
 Country
 Classifaction
 Publisher
Format
Language Subtitles Notes
 REF
14 August 2001 United States Unknown Tai Seng Entertainment NTSC Cantonese English [6]

VCD

Release date
 Country
 Classifaction
 Publisher
Format
Language Subtitles Notes
 REF
Unknown Hong Kong N/A Deltamac (HK) NTSC Cantonese, Mandarin English, Chinese 2VCDs [7]
12 July 2005 Hong Kong N/A Universe Laser (HK) NTSC Cantonese, Mandarin English, Traditional Chinese 2VCDs [8]
1 June 2006 Hong Kong N/A Joy Sales(HK) NTSC Cantonese, Mandarin English, Traditional Chinese 2VCDs [9]

DVD

Release date
 Country
 Classifaction
 Publisher
Format
Region
Language
 Sound
Subtitles
Notes
 REF
1 January 2000 Hong Kong N/A Universe Laser (HK) NTSC ALL Cantonese, Mandarin Unknown English, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean, French [10]
24 March 2000 Japan N/A Pioneer LDC NTSC 2 Cantonese Unknown English, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Simplified Chinese [11]
17 July 2001 United States N/A Tai Seng NTSC ALL Cantonese Dolby English [12]
13 July 2003 Hong Kong N/A Joy Sales (HK) NTSC ALL Cantonese, Mandarin Dolby Digital 2.0 English, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese [13]

External links

References

  1. ↑ "Gui xin niang (1987)". IMDB. Retrieved 9 July 2011.
  2. 1 2 Plot "Plot Summary for Gui xin niang (1987)". imdb.com. Retrieved 24 September 2011.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 List of cast "Gui xin niang (1987)". imdb.com. Retrieved 24 September 2011.
  4. ↑ "Hong Kong Cinemagic - Spiritual Love:". hkcinemagic.com. Retrieved 9 July 2011.
  5. ↑ "Awards for Gui xin niang (1987)". imdb.com. Retrieved 24 September 2011.
  6. ↑ "Spiritual Love [VHS]". amazon.com. Retrieved 24 September 2011.
  7. ↑ "VCD Spiritual Love Deltamac". cinemasie.com. Retrieved 24 September 2011.
  8. ↑ "Spiritual Love (VCD) (Universe Version) (Hong Kong Version) VCD". yesasia.com. Retrieved 24 September 2011.
  9. ↑ "Spiritual Love (VCD) (Hong Kong Version) VCD". yesasia.com. Retrieved 24 September 2011.
  10. ↑ "Spiritual Love DVD Region All". yesasia.com. Retrieved 24 September 2011.
  11. ↑ "Phantom Bride (Japan Version) DVD Region 2". yesasia.com. Retrieved 24 September 2011.
  12. ↑ "Spiritual Love (1987)". amazon.com. Retrieved 24 September 2011.
  13. ↑ "Spiritual Love (DVD) (Joy Sales Version) (Hong Kong Version) DVD Region All". yesasia.com. Retrieved 24 September 2011.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Monday, March 24, 2014. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.