A traveling scholar is intent on translating a Buddhist sutra that is said to have power over the creatures of the afterlife. He slowly finds himself entangled in a mysterious plot involving witchcraft, demons, and a battle to preserve his own soul from the attacks of the supernatural underworld.

Genres

Cast

Shih Chun

Scholar Ho Yunqing

Hsu Feng

Melody

Sylvia Chang

Cloud

Tung Lin

Tsui

Tien Feng

Old Chang

Chen Hui-Lou

Taoist Priest

Sun Yueh

General Han

Wu Chia-Hsiang

Woodcutter

Ng Ming-Choi

Lama