Ghost of the Mirror
1974 · 93 MIN · IMDB 5.8 · 81 VOTES · DIR. Sung Tsun Shou
Overview
Adapted from a Tang Dynasty fantasy tale, Sung Chuen-sau used the story of a scholar meeting a female ghost at night, but emphasised neither the killing nor horror but the literary and romantic elements. Scholar Chan (Shih Chun) stays in a remote mansion outside the city. People often fall into the mansion’s well for no apparent reason. Chan looks into it. Later, he sees the girl from the well, Susu (Brigitte Lin), waving to him. She begins to wait on him nightly. Susu was from a wealthy family, but was running away from bandits during wartime, and committed suicide by jumping into the well rather than be caught. After her death, her spirit was controlled by Du Long (Pai Lin). Du Long has forced her many times to harm Chan, but she never has the heart to carry it through. Chan’s pity for her soon becomes love. He goes into the well to retrieve an old bronze mirror, and eventually succeeds in freeing Susu. In the end, to rescue Chan, Susu fights with Du Long and they destroy each other.
Dialogue Timeline — 615 lines
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00:03:18 Wait
00:05:34 that I have to copy scripture at a quiet place
00:07:19 Don't believe that bullshit. Let's go
00:12:15 Ching
00:18:23 It's strange, no woman comes here
00:20:20 It's master. It's master. Where is the body?
00:24:43 Why don't you give me your helping hand?
00:28:13 Me? I am scared
00:32:55 You ordered me to leave in a cold night
00:35:30 Although I am rude, I know some propriety
00:44:24 Ching
00:49:11 The masters of the year are changing.
00:55:36 I am a ghost, people and a mirror
00:56:49 I can hide in the mirror. Nobody will know
01:01:41 Su-Su...
01:05:07 Absolutely, I saw it
01:07:35 Put it down
01:09:59 Then I will be sinful
01:15:31 Mother: Why do you come here?
01:17:21 I need him to pass on from one to another
01:19:04 My mother is kind. She never lothe people
01:22:32 Go
01:26:43 you will finish copying. There is no hole here
01:32:11 Ready to go home?