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Man of Nasty Spirit (1993)
Directed by Cheng Wai Lung
Overview
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.
Length 97 minutes