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Stealing the Beauty's Corpse at Night

Stealing the Beauty's Corpse at Night

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It is a simple story with a deep meaning. When the beautiful chanteuse Hung (Law Yim-hing) is forced to marry Commander Lau (Lau Hark-suen), her brother (Cheng Wai-sum) interferes but is brutally beaten to death. Hung also falls to her death when she tries to escape. The siblings are only hastily buried in a coffin home, which is haunted soon afterwards. Hung's lover Wong (Wong Chiu-mo) later sneaks into the haunted house hoping to see her for one last time; Lau, meanwhile, insists on inspecting the coffin home and the corpses to prove that ghosts do not exist…The film creates an eerie and uncanny atmosphere with its well-designed camera angles, sound and editing. The haunting looks of the two ghost characters are a nod to Hong Kong's typically told horror stories.

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Status

Released

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Runtime

88 mins

Rating

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Release Date

14 September 1955

Country

Hong Kong

Cast

Law Yim-Hing

Law Yim-Hing

Lee Siu-Hung

Wong Chiu-Miu

Wong Chiu-Miu

Hung's lover/ Wong

Leung Siu-Kam

Leung Siu-Kam

Lau Chui-Kam

Lau Hak-Suen

Lau Hak-Suen

Commander Lau

Cheng Wai-Sum

Cheng Wai-Sum

Lee Ta-Hung

Ko Lo-Chuen

Ko Lo-Chuen

Chow Gat

Chow Gat

Kam Bo

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