The Phantom Lover (1995)

6.2/10 100 min Drama Music Romance

Overview

In 1936 China, a nearly bankrupt drama troupe starts performing in a burned-out theater where the great actor Song Danping was killed. One of the actors, Wei Qing, starts seeing strange apparitions that could revive his troupe and deliver him to the same fate as Song Danping.

Cast

Leslie Cheung

Song Danping

Jacklyn Wu Chien-Lien

Du Yunyan

Liu Lin

Lan Die

Roy Szeto Wai-Cheuk

Zhao Jun

Bao Fang

Master Zhao

Phillip Kwok Chui

Master Zhao's Henchman

Yu Yankai

Master Zhao's Henchman

Huang Lei

Wei Qing

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