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A Chinese Ghost Story: A Tsui Hark Animation

Contents

• Intro
• The Director
• The Film Itself
• The Design, Art Style
• The Theme and Messages
• The Influences

Intro

• A Hong Kong film released in 1997
• Also the first feature film as well
• First to use both 3D and 2D cel animation
• Made its debut at the Toronto Film Festival
• Won the best animated film at a Hong Kong film

awards

• Based on an old Chinese ghost short story

Tsui Hark The Director

• Known as the Steven Spielberg of Asia
• Wanted to change how films were made in

Hong Kong

• Likes to mix a range of genres into his films
• A tendency to fallout with big name directors

The Film Itself

• About a tax payer called Ning, who falls in love

with a ghost called Shine

• Shine works for an evil tree spirit called Madame

Trunk, who absorbs the souls of young men so she can retain her youthful appearance

• The film took 4 years to produce, with the initial

idea for the animation goes back to 1991

• The animation is an adaptation of a live-action

film made in 1987 of the same name, also written and produced by Tsui Hark.

The Design and Art Style

• The characters are made 2D, but the settings

are all CGI

• He hired a Japanese team to do the designs, so

the characters look anime inspired

The Theme and Messages

• The film is a mixture of comedy, action, horror and

romance

• The romance theme is the stem of the film
• Tsui Harks’ intention is to show that love is not limited

and can transcend to great heights

• The female ghosts represent victims of doomed love,

and they rid the souls of young men for their own selfishness

The Influences

• Tsui Hark wanted this film to break new grounds

for the animation industry in Hong Kong

• Try and set a new animation combination for

future films

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