Curious Tales of a Temple
7.6(13) 2025-07-12 152 minDramaComedyFantasyAnimation
An epic animated fantasy anthology film intertwining six storylines from China's classic supernatural story collection "Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio" by Pu Songling. The six stories center on Lanruo Temple, an ancient ruin haunted by spirits. Weaving in classic tales like "Taoist from Laoshan Mountain," "Princess Lotus," "Nie Xiaoqian," "The Painted Skin" and "The Daughter of Magistrate Lu." These stories — spanning humans, ghosts and demons — explore love, death and morality against shifting time. The film merges six distinct styles into one anthology. For example, "Taoist from Laoshan Mountain" uses felt-textured animation, while "The Painted Skin" mirrors Song dynasty painting aesthetics.
ProducerSong Yiyi
DirectorXie Junwei
DirectorZou Jing
DirectorCui Yuemei
DirectorLiu Yuan
DirectorHuang Heyu
DirectorLiu Yilin
WriterShen Junle
Cast & characters
Lu Lifeng
as Pu Songling (voice)
Lin Qiang
as Ling Chan Shang Ren (voice)
Zhang He
as Xuan Gui Zi (voice)
Chen Ziping
as Wang Cheng (voice)
Fu Bohan
as Dou Xu (voice)
Chen Linling
as Lotus Princess (voice)
Liu Xiaoyu
as Xiao Qian (voice)
Gu Jiangshan
as Ning Caichen (voice)
Yihui Xie
as Ms. Chen (voice)
Fu Tingyun
as Hua Pi Yao (voice)
Yang Mo
as Mr. Wang (voice)
Li Shimeng
as Lu Ying (voice)
Sun Lulu
as Zhang Yuheng (voice)
Shuren Zhao
as Laoshan Taoist (voice)
Xu Jiaqi
as Wang Cheng's Wife (voice)
Han Le
as Chang'e (voice)
Liu Cong
as Pear Seller (voice)
Bai Xuecen
as Queen (voice)
Chen Zhe
as Old Man (voice)
Li Haojia
as Da Xue Shi / Lu Yuan Wai (voice)
Shuai Guan
as Big Black Monster (voice)
Ba He
as Yan Chi Xia (voice)
Zhu Min
as Ye Cha (voice)
Zhang Wentian
as Ye Cha (voice)