Curious Tales of a Temple
Directed by Xie Junwei, Zou Jing, Cui Yuemei, Liu Yuan, Huang Heyu, Liu Yilin
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An epic animated fantasy anthology film intertwining six storylines from China's classic supernatural story collection "Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio" by Pu Songling. The six stories center on Lanruo Temple, an ancient ruin haunted by spirits. Weaving in classic tales like "Taoist from Laoshan Mountain," "Princess Lotus," "Nie Xiaoqian," "The Painted Skin" and "The Daughter of Magistrate Lu." These stories — spanning humans, ghosts and demons — explore love, death and morality against shifting time. The film merges six distinct styles into one anthology. For example, "Taoist from Laoshan Mountain" uses felt-textured animation, while "The Painted Skin" mirrors Song dynasty painting aesthetics.Read moreLess
An epic animated fantasy anthology film intertwining six storylines from China's classic supernatural story collection "Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio" by Pu Songling. The six stories center on Lanruo Temple, an ancient ruin haunted by spirits. Weaving in classic tales like "Taoist from Laoshan Mountain," "Princess Lotus," "Nie Xiaoqian," "The Painted Skin" and "The Daughter of Magistrate Lu." These stories — spanning humans, ghosts and demons — explore love, death and morality against shifting time. The film merges six distinct styles into one anthology. For example, "Taoist from Laoshan Mountain" uses felt-textured animation, while "The Painted Skin" mirrors Song dynasty painting aesthetics.
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An epic animated fantasy anthology film intertwining six storylines from China's classic supernatural story collection "Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio" by Pu Songling. The six stories center on Lanruo Temple, an ancient ruin haunted by spirits. Weaving in classic tales like "Taoist from Laoshan Mountain," "Princess Lotus," "Nie Xiaoqian," "The Painted Skin" and "The Daughter of Magistrate Lu." These stories — spanning humans, ghosts and demons — explore love, death and morality against shifting time. The film merges six distinct styles into one anthology. For example, "Taoist from Laoshan Mountain" uses felt-textured animation, while "The Painted Skin" mirrors Song dynasty painting aesthetics.
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Lu LifengPu Songling (voice)
Lin QiangLing Chan Shang Ren (voice)
Zhang HeXuan Gui Zi (voice)
Chen ZipingWang Cheng (voice)
Fu BohanDou Xu (voice)
Chen LinlingLotus Princess (voice)
Liu XiaoyuXiao Qian (voice)
Gu JiangshanNing Caichen (voice)
Yihui XieMs. Chen (voice)
Fu TingyunHua Pi Yao (voice)
Yang MoMr. Wang (voice)
Li ShimengLu Ying (voice)Explore the crew
- Producer
- Song Yiyi
- Director
- Xie Junwei
- Director
- Zou Jing
- Director
- Cui Yuemei
- Director
- Liu Yuan
- Director
- Huang Heyu
- Director
- Liu Yilin
- Writer
- Shen Junle
- Writer
- Zhang Xuejie
- Original Music Composer
- Guo Haowei