An Asian Ghost Story

An Asian Ghost Story

6.3IMDb Score
Released:2023-03-22
Duration:37 min
Director:Wang Bo
Actors:Jia Zhao, Michael de Roos, Sai Wang Lau, Zoénie Liwen Deng, Ruoyao Jane Yao
Production:Vines Films, Geodesic Studio, Centre for Heritage, Arts and Textile (CHAT)

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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