Curious Tales of a Temple(2025)

Name: Curious Tales of a Temple
Director: Xie Junwei
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Fantasy, Animation
Released: 2025-01-01
Duration: 152 min
Cast: Lu Lifeng, Lin Qiang, Zhang He, Chen Ziping, Fu Bohan

Lu Lifeng Lin Qiang Zhang He Chen Ziping Fu Bohan

An epic animated fantasy anthology film intertwining six storylines from China's classic supernatural story collection "Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio" by Pu Songling. The six stories center on Lanruo Temple, an ancient ruin haunted by spirits. Weaving in classic tales like "Taoist from Laoshan Mountain," "Princess Lotus," "Nie Xiaoqian," "The Painted Skin" and "The Daughter of Magistrate Lu." These stories — spanning humans, ghosts and demons — explore love, death and morality against shifting time. The film merges six distinct styles into one anthology. For example, "Taoist from Laoshan Mountain" uses felt-textured animation, while "The Painted Skin" mirrors Song dynasty painting aesthetics.