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Life After Life
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Life After Life

1981-12-22 · 88 min · ★ 7.0

Horror

When a man is hired to enhance a fashion show, he decides to go to a puppeteer and use Chinese puppets as accents to the models and the clothes. His interest in the show becomes a personal one when he meets one of the models and romance blossoms. An old woman loans him her antique puppets on the condition that he not keep them in the house with him, or grave misfortunes will result. As one might expect, he ignores the warning and then starts to experience a few accidents and unusual occurrences - including being knocked out by what he thought was a puppet, and seeing flashes of a murder while he was unconscious.

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Directors
Peter Yung Wai-Chuen
Production companies
Cinema City Company Limited
Countries
Hong Kong
Status
Released

Top Cast

George Lam Tsz-cheungGeorge Lam Tsz-cheungRaymond Lam
Flora Cheong-LeenFlora Cheong-LeenHsu Di Di
Patrick Tse YinPatrick Tse Yin
Chun WongChun Wong
Lung Tin-SangLung Tin-Sang
Cheng Mang-HaCheng Mang-Ha
Wong Wan-choiWong Wan-choi

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