# Spiritual Love (film)

Spiritual Love, also known as Ghost Bride or The Phantom Bride is a 1987 Hong Kong fantasy comedy film directed by David Lai and Taylor Wong and starring Chow Yun-fat, Cherie Chung, Pauline Wong and Deanie Ip.
In the film, a man offers years of his own life to release a female ghost from the afterlife. He proceeds to reject his unfaithful girlfriend, and to start a romantic relationship with the ghost. His former girlfriend kills herself in a failed attempt to reclaim his affection. The girlfriend returns as a vengeful ghost, and the other female ghost has to sacrifice herself in order to rescue her lover.

## Plot

A man named Pu Yung-tsai lives with his cousin who is a student of Feng shui and Maoshan. Yung-tsai buys an antique desk from a second-hand shop and inside is a suicide letter written by a young woman called Wei Hsiao-tieh. Yung-tsai replies to the letter and gives up 3 years of his life, so the woman is able to come back to Earth as a ghost and get away from her forced marriage in the afterlife. When Yung-tsai splits up with his girlfriend, May, because he caught her having an affair, he begins a relationship with Hsiao-tieh. May wants to get back together with Yung-tsai because her rich boyfriend has dumped her and she is pregnant. She stages a fake suicide attempt to win back Yung-tsai but it backfires and she dies.
May then returns as a ghost in a night club and Yung-tsai, his cousin, his cousin's mentor and his friend attempt to get rid of her spirit. She chases them all around the club trying to kill them. Hsiao-tieh makes a deal with her husband to go back to him, if he will save Yung-tsai and his friends. The husband then turns up and consumes May's ghost before returning to his own realm with Hsiao-tieh.

## Cast

* Chow Yun-fat as Pu Yung-tsai
* Cherie Chung as Wei Hsiao-tieh
* Pauline Wong as May
* Deanie Ip as Sai Chin-hua
* Hon Yee-sang as King Ghost
* Alex Ng as Pu's deaf-mute friend
* Paul Chun as Pu's boss
* Luk Yik-sang
* Luk Ying-hung as policeman
* Yu Kwok-lok as hotel manager
* Fung Yuen-chi as gangster
* Kan Tat-wah as bodyguard
* Fan Wing-wah as thug
* Lee Hang as Taoist
* Hung San-nam as bodyguard
* Jackson Ng as bodyguard
* Tang Chiu-yau as bodyguard
* Wong Wai-fai as bodyguard

## Accolades

Accolades :
| Ceremony | Category | Recipient | Outcome |
| 8th Hong Kong Film Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Deanie Ip | Nominated |

## Home Media
### VHS

| Release date | Country | Classifaction | Publisher | Format | Language | Subtitles | Notes | REF |
| 14 August 2001 | United States | Unknown | Tai Seng Entertainment | NTSC | Cantonese | English | | |

### VCD

| Release date | Country | Classifaction | Publisher | Format | Language | Subtitles | Notes |
| Unknown | Hong Kong | N/A | Deltamac (HK) | NTSC | Cantonese, Mandarin | English, Chinese | 2VCDs |
| 12 July 2005 | Hong Kong | N/A | Universe Laser (HK) | NTSC | Cantonese, Mandarin | English, Traditional Chinese | 2VCDs |
| 1 June 2006 | Hong Kong | N/A | Joy Sales(HK) | NTSC | Cantonese, Mandarin | English, Traditional Chinese | 2VCDs |

### DVD

| Release date | Country | Classifaction | Publisher | Format | Region | Language | Sound | Subtitles |
| 1 January 2000 | Hong Kong | N/A | Universe Laser (HK) | NTSC | ALL | Cantonese, Mandarin | Unknown | English, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean, French |
| 24 March 2000 | Japan | N/A | Pioneer LDC | NTSC | 2 | Cantonese | Unknown | English, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Simplified Chinese |
| 17 July 2001 | United States | N/A | Tai Seng | NTSC | ALL | Cantonese | Dolby | English |
| 13 July 2003 | Hong Kong | N/A | Joy Sales (HK) | NTSC | ALL | Cantonese, Mandarin | Dolby Digital 2.0 | English, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese |