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Friendly Ghost(1985)
Status: Released
Date: 1985-01-31
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Time: 1h 32m
Overview:
Male chauvinist Ah Wai often boasts of his wife's submission to him. He even persuades her to pretend to be obedient in the presence of his friends who are impressed. This leads to a separation when his wife's older spinster sister comes to know of it. Despondent, he moves to an old house only to find that it is haunted. The ghost and he become friends after much hassle, but when the ghost falls in love with Ah Wai's wife, believing her to be the spinster sister, a battle of life and death follows.
Languages: Cantonese.
Countries:
Hong Kong
ProductionCompanies:
New World (H.K.) Film Co.
Movie: Friendly Ghost
Top 7 Billed Cast
曾志偉
Ah Wai
王青
Thomas
岑建勳
Father Ngai
Goo Ga-Lau
金燕玲
秦沛
樓南光
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Overview
Male chauvinist Ah Wai often boasts of his wife's submission to him. He even persuades her to pretend to be obedient in the presence of his friends who are impressed. This leads to a separation when his wife's older spinster sister comes to know of it. Despondent, he moves to an old house only to find that it is haunted. The ghost and he become friends after much hassle, but when the ghost falls in love with Ah Wai's wife, believing her to be the spinster sister, a battle of life and death follows.
Release Date
1985-01-31
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广州话 / 廣州話Keywords
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