Spiritual Love, also known as Ghost Bride or The Phantom Bride, is a 1987 Hong Kong fantasy comedy film directed by David Lai and Taylor Wong and starring Chow Yun-fat, Cherie Chung, Pauline Wong and Deanie Ip.
In the film, a man offers years of his own life to release a female ghost from the afterlife. He proceeds to reject his unfaithful girlfriend, and to start a romantic relationship with the ghost. His former girlfriend kills herself in a failed attempt to reclaim his affection. The girlfriend returns as a vengeful ghost, and the other female ghost has to sacrifice herself in order to rescue her lover.
Plot A man named Pu Yung-tsai lives with his cousin who is a student of Feng shui and Maoshan. Yung-tsai buys an antique desk from a second-hand shop and inside is a suicide letter written by a young woman called Wei Hsiao-tieh. Yung-tsai replies to the letter and gives up 3 years of his life, so the woman is able to come back to Earth as a ghost and get away from her forced marriage in the afterlife. When Yung-tsai splits up with his girlfriend, May, because he caught her having an affair, he begins a relationship with Hsiao-tieh. May wants to get back together with Yung-tsai because her rich boyfriend has dumped her and she is pregnant. She stages a fake suicide attempt to win back Yung-tsai but it backfires and she dies.Plot
May then returns as a ghost in a night club and Yung-tsai, his cousin, his cousin's mentor and his friend attempt to get rid of her spirit. She chases them all around the club trying to kill them. Hsiao-tieh makes a deal with her husband to go back to him, if he will save Yung-tsai and his friends. The husband then turns up and consumes May's ghost before returning to his own realm with Hsiao-tieh.
Cast Chow Yun-fat as Pu Yung-tsaiList of cast Cherie Chung as Wei Hsiao-tieh Pauline Wong as May Deanie Ip as Sai Chin-hua Hon Yee-sang as King Ghost Alex Ng as Pu's deaf-mute friend Paul Chun as Pu's boss Luk Yik-sang Luk Ying-hung as policeman Yu Kwok-lok as hotel manager Fung Yuen-chi as gangster Kan Tat-wah as bodyguard Fan Wing-wah as thug Lee Hang as Taoist Hung San-nam as bodyguard Jackson Ng as bodyguard Tang Chiu-yau as bodyguard Wong Wai-fai as bodyguard
Accolades Accolades Ceremony Category Recipient Outcome8th Hong Kong Film AwardsBest Supporting ActressDeanie Ip
Home media
VHS Release date Country Classifaction Publisher Format Language Subtitles Notes REF 14 August 2001 United States Unknown Tai Seng Entertainment NTSC Cantonese English
VCD Release date Country Classifaction Publisher Format Language Subtitles Notes REF Unknown Hong Kong N/A Deltamac (HK) NTSC Cantonese, Mandarin English, Chinese 2VCDs 12 July 2005 Hong Kong N/A Universe Laser (HK) NTSC Cantonese, Mandarin English, Traditional Chinese 2VCDs 1 June 2006 Hong Kong N/A Joy Sales(HK) NTSC Cantonese, Mandarin English, Traditional Chinese 2VCDs
DVD Release date Country Classifaction Publisher Format Region Language Sound Subtitles Notes REF 1 January 2000 Hong Kong N/A Universe Laser (HK) NTSC ALL Cantonese, Mandarin Unknown English, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean, French 24 March 2000 Japan N/A Pioneer LDC NTSC 2 Cantonese Unknown English, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Simplified Chinese 17 July 2001 United States N/A Tai Seng NTSC ALL Cantonese Dolby English 13 July 2003 Hong Kong N/A Joy Sales (HK) NTSC ALL Cantonese, Mandarin Dolby Digital 2.0English, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese
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