
Shadow of a Ghost
1981-01-01 · 98 min · ★ 5.0
An old mansion, sealed for years, re-opens as a museum. A ghost is sighted by the museum's guide, our heroine, who has fallen for a social outcast, a scientist obsessed with finding ghosts with his machines.
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- Directors
- Guo Baochang, Huang Ling
- Production companies
- 广西电影制片厂
- Countries
- China
- Status
- Released
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Yuan YuanXiao Ling
Han YueqiaoLu Yihua
Huang Ling
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