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Return of the Dead(1979)
Status: Released
Date: 1979-12-21
53%
16 Votes
Time: 1h 38m
Overview:
Three inmates in an asylum tell their stories. Story 1, a husband and wife discover they should be careful what they wish for. Story 2, a naked female ghost gets revenge from her watery grave. Story 3, a dead prostitute returns as a ghost.
Languages: Mandarin.
Countries:
Hong Kong
ProductionCompanies: 
Movie: Return of the Dead
Top 10 Billed Cast
Choh Seung-Wan
Xiao Yun Yu
谷峰
Wang Zhi He
秦煌
Kao Tai-Zhang
劉陸華
Xiao Bao
Lau Wai-Ling
Old Professor's mistress
岳華
Jiang Tao
Si Wai
Lin Kun-Quan
王莱
Mrs. Wang
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Three inmates in an asylum tell their stories. Story 1, a husband and wife discover they should be careful what they wish for. Story 2, a naked female ghost gets revenge from her watery grave. Story 3, a dead prostitute returns as a ghost.
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1979-12-21
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