The Enchanting Shadow

The Enchanting Shadow (Chinese: 倩女幽魂) is a 1960 Hong Kong drama film directed by Li Han-hsiang.[1] It was entered into the 1960 Cannes Film Festival.[2] The film was also selected as the Hong Kong entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 33rd Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.[3] The film was an inspiration for the 1987 film A Chinese Ghost Story.[4]

The Enchanting Shadow
Film poster
Simplified Chinese倩女幽魂
Literal meaningbeautiful ghost woman
Hanyu Pinyinqiàn yǚ yōuhún
Directed byLi Han-hsiang
Written byPu Songling
Wang Yueting
Produced byRun Run Shaw
Zhou Duwen
StarringBetty Loh Ti
Zhao Lei
CinematographyHe Luying
Edited byChiang Hsing-lung
Music byYao Min
Chi Hsiang-tang
Distributed byShaw Brothers Studio
Release date
  • 17 August 1960 (1960-08-17)
Running time
83 minutes
CountryHong Kong
LanguagesMandarin
Cantonese

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References

  1. "The Enchanting Shadow". Hong Kong Film Archive. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
  2. "Festival de Cannes: The Enchanting Shadow". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 15 February 2009.
  3. Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
  4. Shaw, Tristan (18 October 2019). "'The Enchanting Shadow': A classic ghostly romance". SupChina. Archived from the original on 19 October 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2022.


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