An Asian Ghost Story
2023•37m•6.4•Released
DramaHorror
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.
Director
Wang Bo
Writer
Wang Bo
Languages
Cantonese, English
Studio
Vines Films
Cast
Jia Zhao
Narrator / Female Ghost
Michael de Roos
EVPL Developer
Sai Wang Lau
EVPL Staff
Zoénie Liwen Deng
Female Worker 1
Ruoyao Jane Yao
Female Worker 2
Zoe Tang
Female Worker 3 / Pontianak
Jo-Lene Ong
Malay / Indonesian Translator
Sidney Vereycken
Wigmaker
Production
Company
Vines Films
Company
Geodesic Studio
Company
Centre for Heritage, Arts and Textile (CHAT)
Producer
Ruoyao Jane Yao
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