Curious Tales of a Temple
6.667
6 Reviews
2025
2h 32min
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.
Storyline
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.
Released
12 July 2025
Runtime
2h 32min
Director
Genre
Status
Released
Language
Mandarin
Production
Light Chaser Animation Studios, Shanghai Ruyi Film & TV Production, Wanda Pictures, Tao Piao Piao, China Film Group Corporation
Cast
Lu Lifeng
蒲松龄（配音）
Lin Qiang
灵蟾上人（配音）
Zhang He
玄龟子（配音）
Chen Ziping
王承（配音）
Fu Bohan
窦旭（配音）
Chen Linling
莲花公主（配音）
Liu Xiaoyu
小倩（配音）
Gu Jiangshan
宁采臣（配音）
Yihui Xie
陈氏（配音）
傅婷云
画皮妖（配音）
Yang Mo
王大郎（配音）
Li Shimeng
鲁瑛（配音）
Sun Lulu
张于旦（配音）
Shuren Zhao
崂山道士（配音）
Xu Jiaqi
王承妻（配音）
Han Le
嫦娥（配音）
Liu Cong
梨贩（配音）
Bai Xuecen
女王（配音）
Chen Zhe
长老（配音）
Li Haojia
大学士 / 卢员外（配音）
Shuai Guan
大黑妖（配音）
Ba He
燕赤霞（配音）
Zhu Min
夜叉（配音）
Zhang Wentian
夜叉（配音）
Ma Cheng
老年画皮妖（配音）
Li Nan
疯乞丐（配音）
Xing Chao
道士（配音）
Tang Mingdong
王二郎（配音）
Lin Lan
孟婆（配音）
Zhang Xin
卢母（配音）
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