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Gan yan gwai

  • 19841984
  • 1h 25m
IMDb RATING
5.7/10
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Gan yan gwai (1984)
Comedy
The story about a young boy whose parents are separated. He find happiness when he befriends a ghost.The story about a young boy whose parents are separated. He find happiness when he befriends a ghost.The story about a young boy whose parents are separated. He find happiness when he befriends a ghost.
IMDb RATING
5.7/10
30
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
243,357
159,433
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    • Director
      • Ricky Chan
    • Writers
      • Ricky Chan(screenplay)
      • Mun Chow(screenplay)
    • Stars
      • Lung Ti
      • Josephine Siao
      • Kien Shih
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    • Director
      • Ricky Chan
    • Writers
      • Ricky Chan(screenplay)
      • Mun Chow(screenplay)
    • Stars
      • Lung Ti
      • Josephine Siao
      • Kien Shih
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    Lung Ti
    Lung Ti
    Josephine Siao
    Josephine Siao
    Kien Shih
    Kien Shih
    • Jian Ren - Uncle Ghost
    Pak-Cheung Chan
    Pak-Cheung Chan
    Chuan Chen
    Chuan Chen
    Ho-Wai Ching
    Ho-Wai Ching
      Elaine Jin
      Elaine Jin
      Chun-Kit Leung
      Hak-Shun Leung
      Hudson Leung
      Hudson Leung
      Hsin Liang
      Ying-Hong Luk
      Ying-Hong Luk
        Tat-Wah Tso
        Tat-Wah Tso
        Hsiu Wen
        Kam-Bo Wong
        Man-Wai Wong
        Manfred Wong
        Manfred Wong
        Wan-Si Wong
        Wan-Si Wong
        • Director
          • Ricky Chan
        • Writers
          • Ricky Chan(screenplay)
          • Mun Chow(screenplay)
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        6/10
        Almost A Kid's Film. Not That Bad
        This is a film about a young boy whose parents are separated and he tries to find happiness. He wanders off at a school nature trip and ends up in a haunted mansion where he is saved by ghost Jian Ren. The ghost becomes his friend, since the kids at school don't like him because he is rich. His cowboy hat wearing father is too busy making money while his mother is a fashion designer, also very busy. The ghost helps the kid try to get his parents back together, the thing which would make him truly happy. This film would be for kids except for a few scary moments. The plot is universal, the poor little rich kid with a supposedly imaginary friend. There are some decent special effects, especially for the time, in this film. The best character is the mom, played by Josephine Siu, who looks stylish, sexy and yet has a heart. The film is not great, but its the kind of film you saw when you were younger and not so critical of every little detail in a film and then watched it twenty years later and remember the story. Entertaining but not essential, its okay.
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        • Release date
          • June 30, 1984 (Hong Kong)
        • Country of origin
          • Hong Kong
        • Languages
          • Cantonese
          • Mandarin
        • Also known as
          • Jian ren gui
        • Production company
          • Shaw Brothers
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          1 hour 25 minutes
        • Color
          • Color
        • Sound mix
          • Mono
        • Aspect ratio
          • 1.85 : 1

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