It's a 'Gotta-See-It-To-Believe-It'
experience. Arguably, this is one of only a handful such films in the
annals of Cult Cinema. The plot has to do with the resurrection of a 1000-year
old Ginseng King (looking a lot like a walking tree with bug eyes) who
is kidnapped by henchmen of a three-headed monster. A young boy living
in the forest sees the abduction. Unfortunately, his mother is bitten
by a Nazi zombie and she can only be saved by the Ginseng King's magic.
The boy, with the aid of an old sorcerer, goes after the Ginseng King
and hopes to rescue him from the monster and save his mom.
This Taiwan fantasy
was directed by Wang Chu-Chin, an established film editor (usually working
under the pseudonym Jo Jo Wang) who actually helmed very few films. This
one was shot mostly on location in Thailand where he was assisted by a
local Special FX student, Rotar Ru-Tar. Interestingly, this motion picture
was one of the first projects for actress Cynthia Khan (playing the mother
here); within the following decade she would become one of the top action
stars in HK cinema (best known for her In The Line of Duty franchise
and the Yes! Madam series).


A Taiwanese
film with Chinese/English subtitles; widescreen format (16:9), uncut (85
minutes), DVD encoded for
ALL REGION NTSC WORLD FORMAT; extras include selected theatrical trailers.

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