“He is on a hunt for sex”
Set during the Ming Dynasty, this erotic drama tells the tale of a gender-shifting religious leader who deflowers virgins in order to absorb their life force. Long ensconced in the family of Dr. Yue, he now sets his sights on Yue's daughter, Bao. But Bao's strange invisible tattoos and her connection to starving scholar Chao Chuen change the dynamics, and it seems that her body art may provide clues to a cure for Chuen's ill mother.
Pauline Chan Bo-Lin
William Ho
Chief [cameo]
Lau Ho-Man
Chui Lan Chan
Chung-Kun Teng
Mark Lung
Chu Bo
Man-Yik Che
Liang-Lu Chen
Kai Chuen Hung
Man of Nasty Spirit is a fantasy, thriller film released in 1993. Directed by Chen Chun-Liang, it stars Pauline Chan Bo-Lin, William Ho, Lau Ho-Man. Set during the Ming Dynasty, this erotic drama tells the tale of a gender-shifting religious leader who deflowers virgins in order to absorb their life force. Long ensconced in the family of Dr. Yue, he now sets his sights on Yue's daughter, Bao. But Bao's strange invisible tattoos and her connection to starving scholar Chao Chuen change the dynamics, and it seems that her body art may provide clues to a cure for Chuen's ill mother.
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