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Tales from the Dark 1 (李碧華鬼魅系列　迷離夜) is a 2013 Hong Kong portmanteau horror film directed by Simon Yam, Lee Chi-ngai, and Fruit Chan. The film is split into three stories based on short stories by Lilian Lee. The first film is titled Stolen Goods Read More..

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Description	Tales from the Dark 1 (李碧華鬼魅系列　迷離夜) is a 2013 Hong Kong portmanteau horror film directed by Simon Yam, Lee Chi-ngai, and Fruit Chan. The film is split into three stories based on short stories by Lilian Lee. The first film is titled Stolen Goods (贓物) directed by and stars Simon Yam as a man in Hong Kong who has recently lost his job and decides to make money by stealing funeral urns and blackmailing the families into buying them back from him. The second story is directed by Lee and is titled A Word in the Palm (放手). The film is about a fortune teller played by Tony Leung Ka-fai, who retired from his job to study music, but retains the ability to see ghosts. The final film is directed by Chan and titled Jing Zhe (驚蟄). The film stars Josephine Koo who is asked to beat up an unusual woman (Dada Chan) to beat up an entire group of strangers.The film marked the first director work of actor Simon Yam. It was shown at the New York Asian Film Festival on 28 June 2013. The film was released theatrically in Hong Kong on 11 July 2013. The film was followed up with Tales from the Dark 2 which was also released in 2013.
Description	Tales from the Dark 1 (李碧華鬼魅系列　迷離夜) is a 2013 Hong Kong portmanteau horror film directed by Simon Yam, Lee Chi-ngai, and Fruit Chan. The film is split into three stories based on short stories by Lilian Lee. The first film is titled Stolen Goods (贓物) directed by and stars Simon Yam as a man in Hong Kong who has recently lost his job and decides to make money by stealing funeral urns and blackmailing the families into buying them back from him. The second story is directed by Lee and is titled A Word in the Palm (放手). The film is about a fortune teller played by Tony Leung Ka-fai, who retired from his job to study music, but retains the ability to see ghosts. The final film is directed by Chan and titled Jing Zhe (驚蟄). The film stars Josephine Koo who is asked to beat up an unusual woman (Dada Chan) to beat up an entire group of strangers.The film marked the first director work of actor Simon Yam. It was shown at the New York Asian Film Festival on 28 June 2013. The film was released theatrically in Hong Kong on 11 July 2013. The film was followed up with Tales from the Dark 2 which was also released in 2013.

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Director	, Simon Yam , Lee Chi-ngai , Fruit Chan
Director
Story	Lilian Lee
Story
Screenplay	, Lilian Lee , Lee Chi-ngai , Fruit Chan
Screenplay
Writer
Writer
Based on
Based on
Cinematography	,Jason Kwan,Wade Muller,Lam Wah-chuen
Cinematography
Editing	,Kwong Chi-leung,Lee Kar-wing,Lee Chi-ngai,Fruit Chan
Editing

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Starring	Tony Leung , Kelly Chen , Simon Yam , Siu Yam-yam
Starring
Music	Kenji Kawai
Music
Runtime	112 minutes
Runtime
Country	Hong Kong
Country
Language	Cantonese
Language
Genre
Genre

PRODUCTION

Producer	, Mathew Tang , Bill Kong
Producer
Studio	Edko Films,Movie Addict Productions
Studio
Distributor	Edko Films
Distributor
Released	2013/06/28 (New York Asian Film Festival) /2013/7/11 (Hong Kong)
Released
Budget
Budget
Gross	HK$7,677,402
Gross