The Enchanting Shadow

The Enchanting Shadow
Film poster
Simplified Chinese	倩女幽魂
Literal meaning	beautiful ghost woman
Hanyu Pinyin	qiàn yǚ yōuhún
Directed by	Li Han-hsiang
Written by	Pu Songling Wang Yueting
Produced by	Run Run Shaw Zhou Duwen
Starring	Betty Loh Ti Zhao Lei
Cinematography	He Luying
Edited by	Chiang Hsing-lung
Music by	Yao Min Chi Hsiang-tang
Distributed by	Shaw Brothers Studio
Release date	17 August 1960 (1960-08-17)
Running time	83 minutes
Country	Hong Kong
Languages	Mandarin Cantonese

The Enchanting Shadow (Chinese: 倩女幽魂, Sin neui yau wan, Chi’en-nu Yu-Hin, Qiàn yǚ Yōuhún) 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]

Plot

Cast

• Betty Loh Ti as Nie Xiaoqian
• Zhao Lei as Ning Caichen
• Yang Chih-ching (Yang Zhiqing) as Yan Chixia
• Tang Ruoqing as Lao Lao
• Lee Kwan as Scholar's servant

See also

• List of submissions to the 33rd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
• List of Hong Kong submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

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.

External links

• The Enchanting Shadow at IMDb
• The Enchanting Shadow at the Hong Kong Movie Database
• The Enchanting Shadow at the Chinese Movie Database