An Asian Ghost Story

An Asian Ghost Story

An Asian Ghost Story

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An Asian Ghost Story

2023

0h 37m

6.0(1 votes)

Drama

Horror

Overview

A cinematic and conceptually inventive film that explores the haunting memories of Asia’s late 20th-century modernization through the large-scale export of wigs during the Cold War. Yet, in every wig resides a ghost from the imperial past.

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MUBI

MUBI Amazon Channel

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Social & External

Production Companies

Centre for Heritage, Arts and Textile (CHAT)

Videos & Trailers

1 video

Cast & Crew

8 members

Production

Jia Zhao

Narrator / Female Ghost

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Acting

Michael de Roos

EVPL Developer

Michael de Roos

Acting

Sai Wang Lau

EVPL Staff

Sai Wang Lau

Acting

Zoénie Liwen Deng

Female Worker 1

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Production

Ruoyao Jane Yao

Female Worker 2

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Acting

Zoe Tang

Female Worker 3 / Pontianak

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Acting

Jo-Lene Ong

Malay / Indonesian Translator

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Costume & Make-Up

Sidney Vereycken

Wigmaker

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