SHY SPIRIT (九月初九之重見天日)
Chuang Yan-chien, 1991
Hong Kong. 93 min.
In Cantonese with English subtitles

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A tale of family, destiny, and ghostly nudity that tells the story of Sing & Long-Life, the sons of the heads of two rival martial arts schools whose fates have intertwined since birth. Their competitive relationship takes a turn when the two find themselves vying for the affection of the same young woman, but when Long-Life literally scares her to death in a Peeping Tom incident, the two now have to work together to help lay her spirit to rest (and possibly get her some clothes).

“Chinese supernatural schenanigans meets the 80s boner comedy with three amazing action scenes holding everything up. The Alexander Lo-Rei choreographed climax is one for the books! There’s no way stunt men didn’t die, right?”
–Justin Decloux via Letterboxd