The Enchanting Shadow

The Enchanting Shadow
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Simplified Chinese倩女幽魂
Literal meaningbeautiful ghost woman
Hanyu Pinyinqiàn yǚ yōuhún
Directed byLi Han-hsiang
Written byPu Songling
Wang Yueting
Produced byRun Run Shaw
Zhou Duwen
StarringBetty Loh Ti
Zhao Lei
CinematographyHe Luying
Edited byChiang Hsing-lung
Music byYao Min
Chi Hsiang-tang
Distributed byShaw Brothers Studio
Release date
  • 17 August 1960 (1960-08-17)
Running time
83 minutes
CountryHong Kong
LanguagesMandarin
Cantonese

The Enchanting Shadow (Chinese: 倩女幽魂, Sin neui yau wan, Chi’en-nu Yu-Hin, Qiàn yǚ Yōuhún) is a 1960 Hong Kong drama film directed by Li Han-hsiang. It was entered into the 1960 Cannes Film Festival. The film was also selected as the Hong Kong entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 33rd Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee. The film was an inspiration for the 1987 film A Chinese Ghost Story.