

A traveling scholar, intent on translating a Buddhist sutra that is said to have power over the creatures of the afterlife. He slowly finds himself entangled in a mysterious plot involving witchcraft, demons, and a battle to preserve his own soul from the attacks of the supernatural underworld.
Director: King Hu

Scholar Ho Yunqing

Melody

Cloud

Tsui
Madame Wang

Old Chang

Taoist Priest

General Han

Woodcutter

Lama