An Asian Ghost Story

2023•37m•6.2/10

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6.2/10(3)

A cinematic and conceptually inventive film that explores the haunting memories of Asia’s late 20th-century modernization through the large-scale export of wigs during the Cold War. Yet, in every wig resides a ghost from the imperial past.

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Production

Vines Films, Geodesic Studio, Centre for Heritage, Arts and Textile (CHAT)

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Status

Released

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Region US · Lang EN

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Cast

Jia Zhao

Narrator / Female Ghost

Michael de Roos

EVPL Developer

Sai Wang Lau

EVPL Staff

Zoénie Liwen Deng

Female Worker 1

Ruoyao Jane Yao

Female Worker 2

Zoe Tang

Female Worker 3 / Pontianak

Jo-Lene Ong

Malay / Indonesian Translator

Sidney Vereycken

Wigmaker

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