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''The Enchanting Shadow'' (, ''Sin neui yau wan'', ''Chi’en-nu Yu-Hin'', ''Qiàn yǚ Yōuhún'') is a 1960 Hong Kong
drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...
directed by
Li Han-hsiang Richard Li Han-hsiang (; 7 March 1926 in Jinxi, Liaoning – 17 December 1996 in Beijing) was a Chinese film director. Li directed more than 70 films in his career beginning in the 1950s and lasting till the 1990s. His '' The Enchanting Shadow' ...
. It was entered into the
1960 Cannes Film Festival The 13th Cannes Film Festival took place from 4 to 20 May 1960. Belgian writer Georges Simenon served as Jury President for the main competition. The ''Palme d'Or'', the festival's top prize, was awarded to ''La Dolce Vita'' by Federico Fellini. ...
. The film was also selected as the Hong Kong entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the
33rd Academy Awards The 33rd Academy Awards, honoring the best in film for 1960, were held on April 17, 1961, hosted by Bob Hope at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in Santa Monica, California. This was the first ceremony to be aired on ABC television, which ha ...
, but was not accepted as a nominee. The film was an inspiration for the 1987 film ''
A Chinese Ghost Story ''A Chinese Ghost Story'' ( zh, t=倩女幽魂, l=The Ethereal Spirit of a Beauty, cy=Sihnnéuih Yāuwàhn) is a 1987 Hong Kong horror film starring Leslie Cheung, Joey Wong and Wu Ma, directed by Ching Siu-tung and produced by Tsui Hark. The ...
''.


Plot

At the end of Ming Dynasty and the beginning of Qing Dynasty, the country was in ruins and the society was in turmoil. The scholar Ning Caichen went to collect rent and stayed overnight at Jinhua Temple, where he met the swordsman Yan Chixia. The female ghost Nie Xiaoqian was forced by the old demon grandmother to take Ning Caichen's life for the grandmother to suck blood. In the face of beauty and gold, Ning Caichen was unmoved. Nie Xiaoqian was kind by nature, so she told him the truth and let him live with Yan Chixia, thus escaping the disaster. Nie Xiaoqian was originally a daughter of an official, and died in a foreign land. Ning Caichen took her ashes back home. On the way, the grandmother attacked, and Ning Caichen's life was in danger. Yan Chixia arrived and subdued the old demon.


Cast

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Betty Loh Ti Betty Loh Ti (July 24, 1937 – December 27, 1968), known as Loh Tih for short, was a Hong Kong actress originally from Shanghai. Known as the "Classic Beauty", she was one of the most celebrated actresses of Hong Kong cinema. She is most famous ...
as Nie Xiaoqian * Zhao Lei as Ning Caichen * Yang Chih-ching (Yang Zhiqing) as Yan Chixia * Tang Ruoqing as Lao Lao *
Lee Kwan Lee Kwan or Li Kun (18 February 1930 – 12 March 2008) was a Chinese actor. He joined Shaw Brothers in 1957 and acted in Mandarin films. He later played supporting roles in Bruce Lee's ''The Big Boss'' and ''Fist of Fury''. Later he became a ...
as Scholar's servant


See also

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List of submissions to the 33rd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film This is a list of submissions to the 33rd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film. The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film was created in 1956 by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to honour non-English-speaking films p ...
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List of Hong Kong submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film Hong Kong has submitted 37 films for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film since first entering the Oscar competition in 1959. The award is handed out annually by the United States Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to a ...


References


External links

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''The Enchanting Shadow''
at the Hong Kong Movie Database
''The Enchanting Shadow''
at the Chinese Movie Database 1960 films 1960 drama films 1960s fantasy drama films 1960s Mandarin-language films Films directed by Li Han-hsiang Gothic horror films Hong Kong fantasy drama films Shaw Brothers Studio films 1960s Hong Kong films {{fantasy-film-stub