Tsui Hark’s popular martial arts fantasy A Chinese Ghost Story spawned a number of sequels. We look at two of Hark’s follow-ups
Directed by Tony Ching Siu-tung and produced by Tsui Hark, A Chinese Ghost Story (1987) set the style for the colourful fantasy martial arts films of the 1990s.
Here we look at two very different sequels Tsui produced.
It keeps the bare bones of the original storyline, but makes it more appealing to younger teens by focusing on a virginal romance, with lots of anime-style ghosts and monsters.
Tsui’s main concern is whizz-bang cartoon action with characters and style in the vein of the Japanese Dragonball Z anime series, which was popular on local television at the time.
