ching siu tung and tsui hark a chinese ghost story and aside from be one of the great wuxia pian film ever make and be a beautiful and romantic love story as well a an impressively choreograph martial art film that should belong in every film lover collection . the sorely miss hong kong superstar leslie cheung play a travel tax collector who spend the night at a haunted temple . while stay at the temple and he meet a colorful cast of character that include the swordsman yin ( wu ma ) and hsiao hou and the tree devil and and the beautiful ghost lit sin see and play by the lovely joey wong . to free her from the clutch of the evil tree devil and he must reincarnate her body and travel to the underworld to defeat an even more powerful demon . enough good thing can not be say about this film . the pacing be perfect and with a great combination of romance and action and fantasy and humor and and the feverishly paced finale should leave you with little chance to breathe . the chemistry between the wonderfully tragic joey wong and leslie cheung ( whose legendary career end much too soon ) really allow the viewer to feel for both of them . indeed the acting on the whole be so vivacious and full of life and i would say this be one of the most fun viewing experience i have ever have . much of the credit go to wu ma in his portrayal of the mysterious swordsman yin . his over the top persona of a disillusioned swordsman hell bent on vanquish evil lead to some great moment of humor and traditional hk drama . a wonderful score and lush cinematography with eye pop color and and frenetic action piece courtesy of ching siu tung round out this wonderful film . find a copy anywhere you can . positive .