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Tales From The Dark 1 is a film of genre Horror directed by Simon Yam with Tony Leung Ka-fai
Tales From The Dark 1 (2013)
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Add to a movie listTales from the Dark 1 (李碧華鬼魅系列 迷離夜) is a 2013 Hong Kong portmanteau horror film directed by Simon Yam, Lee Chi-ngai, and Fruit Chan. The film is split into three stories based on short stories by Lilian Lee. The first film is titled Stolen Goods (贓物) directed by and stars Simon Yam. It featured Yam, a man in Hong Kong who has recently lost his job and decides to make money by stealing funeral urns and blackmailing the families into buying them back from him. The second story is directed by Lee Chi-Ngai and is titled A Word in the Palm (放手). The film is about a fortune teller played by Tony Leung Ka-fai who retired from his job to study music, but retains the ability to see ghosts. The final film is directed by Fruit Chan and titled Jing Zhe (驚蟄). The film stars Josephine Koo who is asked to beat up an unusual woman (Dada Chan) to beat up an entire group of strangers.
The film marked the first director work of actor Simon Yam. It was shown at the New York Asian Film Festival on 28 June 2013. The film was released theatrically in Hong Kong on 11 July 2013. The film was followed up with Tales from the Dark 2 which was also released in 2013.
Actors
Tony Leung Ka-fai
(Ho (segment "A Word in the Palm"))
Kelly Chen
(Lan (segment "A Word in the Palm"))
Simon Yam
(Kwan (segment "Stolen Goods"))
Maggie Shiu
(Kwok Wing-nei)
Ngan Cheuk-Ling
(Chan Siu Ting (segment "A Word in the Palm"))
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