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The Phantom Lover

6.219951h 40mMovieDramaMusicRomance

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.

DirectorRonny Yu
WritersRaymond Wong·Roy Szeto Wai-Cheuk
ProducersRaymond Wong·Li Ning

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Availability shown for Philippines · rights vary by country

Cast · Directed by Ronny Yu

LCLeslie Cheung
Leslie Cheung
Song Danping
JCJacklyn Wu Chien-Lien
Jacklyn Wu Chien-Lien
Du Yunyan
LLLiu Lin
Liu Lin
Lan Die
RWRoy Szeto Wai-Cheuk
Roy Szeto Wai-Cheuk
Zhao Jun
BFBao Fang
Bao Fang
Master Zhao
PCPhillip Kwok Chui
Phillip Kwok Chui
Master Zhao's Henchman
YYYu Yankai
Yu Yankai
Master Zhao's Henchman
HLHuang Lei
Huang Lei
Wei Qing
XY
Xie Yan
Troupe performer

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