Film

Curious Tales of a Temple

2025 · 2h 32m · Drama · Comedy · Fantasy

IMDb

6.6

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.

Lu Lifeng

Pu Songling (voice)

Lin Qiang

Ling Chan Shang Ren (voice)

Zhang He

Xuan Gui Zi (voice)

Chen Ziping

Wang Cheng (voice)

Fu Bohan

Dou Xu (voice)

Chen Linling

Lotus Princess (voice)

Liu Xiaoyu

Xiao Qian (voice)

Gu Jiangshan

Ning Caichen (voice)

Yihui Xie

Ms. Chen (voice)

Fu Tingyun

Hua Pi Yao (voice)

Yang Mo

Mr. Wang (voice)

Li Shimeng

Lu Ying (voice)

Sun Lulu

Zhang Yuheng (voice)

Shuren Zhao

Laoshan Taoist (voice)

Xu Jiaqi

Wang Cheng's Wife (voice)

Han Le

Chang'e (voice)

• Xie JunweiDirector
• Zou JingDirector
• Cui YuemeiDirector
• Liu YuanDirector
• Huang HeyuDirector
• Liu YilinDirector
• Shen JunleWriter
• Zhang XuejieWriter
• Song YiyiProducer
• Guo HaoweiOriginal Music Composer

Curious Tales of a Temple Chinese release date announced

Release date

July 12, 2025

Status

Released

Original language

Chinese

Runtime

2h 32m

Rated

PG13

Revenue

$30,190,659

Genres

Drama, Comedy, Fantasy, Animation