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Shadow of a Ghost

1981-01-01 · 98 min · ★ 5.0

Horror · Science Fiction

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 YuanYuan YuanXiao Ling
Chi ZhiqiangLuo Jie
Han YueqiaoHan YueqiaoLu Yihua
Huang LingHuang Ling
Ren YiRen YiLu's father
Jiang YishouChang Wenhu

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