# A Chinese Ghost Story (1987)

**Genres:** Action, Fantasy, Horror

**Duration:** 98 min

**Age rating:** FSK 18

**IMDb:** [7.3](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093978/)

**Letterboxd:** [3.8](https://letterboxd.com/film/a-chinese-ghost-story/)

**Rotten Tomatoes:** [Tomatometer: 70%, Popcornmeter: 85%](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/chinese_ghost_story)

## Description

A debt collector has no other choice than to spend the night in a haunted temple, where he encounters a female ghost, whom he falls in love with. To save her soul he must work with a monk to defeat the tree demon who owns her spirit.

## Details


**Director:** Siu-Tung Ching

**Cast:** Leslie Cheung, Joey Wang, Wu Ma, Siu-Ming Lau, Wai Lam, Zhilun Xue, Jing Wong, David Wu, Huang Ha, Yau Cheung Yeung, Mei-Yee Sze, Kam Cheung

**Countries:** Hong Kong

**Languages:** Yue Chinese

**Available versions:** OmeU

**Open-air showtimes:** No

**Trailer:** [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0dpajscuPo)

## Showtimes in Cologne in original language (OV, OmU, OmeU)

### 2026-09-12 (Saturday)

- **[Astor Film Lounge Residenz](https://cologne.ov-berlin.info/cinemas/285-astor-film-lounge-residenz.md) (Innenstadt):** [2026-09-12 21:45](https://koeln.premiumkino.de/vorstellung/a-chinese-ghost-story-kanton-omeu/2026912/2145/ZW8qjaUkoK-eBG3y5lJYAMZhAcZWP5WbaF7ocOrtcco~)  (OmeU)