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Happy Ghost III

1986 · 89 min

A breezy, silly supernatural romp with playful ghostly antics and a sweet romantic streak, easy to enjoy without much thought.

Overview
A young, unsuccessful singer, after committing suicide, is to be reincarnated, this time into a musical family. Her spirit must get to the hospital where her future mother is currently ready to give birth to her, so that she can enter the womb and be born. Unfortunately, she misses her appointed birth time, twice, due to the accidental intervention of a young man, Mr. Hong. At first she is angry and makes life hard for him, but eventually they fall in love, although she can't stay around long as she has one last chance to be born.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • death
  • fate
  • identity
  • redemption
Places
  • big city
  • hospital
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour7
Realism3
Romance6
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
comedy, fantasy, romance
Directed by
Johnnie To
Written by
Raymond Wong Pak-Ming
Starring
Raymond Wong Pak-Ming, Maggie Cheung Man-yuk, Fennie Yuen Kit-ying, Charine Chan Ka-Ling, Danny Poon Wang-Ban, Sabrina Ho Pui-Yi, Wing Lam, Mannor Chan Man-na
Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
89 min
Country
Hong Kong
Languages
Cantonese

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