Curious Tales of a Temple (2025)
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.
- Released
- 2025-07-12
- Genres
- Drama, Comedy, Fantasy, Animation
- Runtime
- 152 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Xie Junwei, Zou Jing, Cui Yuemei, Liu Yuan
- TMDB rating
- 7.5/10 from 14 votes
Cast
- 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)