Curious Tales of a Temple
Release Date: 2025-07-12
Rating : 7.7/10
Duration : 152 minutes
Genres : Drama, Comedy, Fantasy, Animation
Director : Xie Junwei, Zou Jing, Cui Yuemei, Liu Yuan, Huang Heyu, Liu Yilin
Writer : Shen Junle, Zhang Xuejie
An epic animated fantasy anthology film intertwining six storylines from China's classic supernatural story collection "Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio" by Pu Songling. The six stories center on Lanruo Temple, an ancient ruin haunted by spirits. Weaving in classic tales like "Taoist from Laoshan Mountain," "Princess Lotus," "Nie Xiaoqian," "The Painted Skin" and "The Daughter of Magistrate Lu." These stories — spanning humans, ghosts and demons — explore love, death and morality against shifting time. The film merges six distinct styles into one anthology. For example, "Taoist from Laoshan Mountain" uses felt-textured animation, while "The Painted Skin" mirrors Song dynasty painting aesthetics.
Cast
Lu Lifeng
Lin Qiang
Zhang He
Chen Ziping
Fu Bohan
Chen Linling