The Bride (2015 Taiwanese film)

This article is about the 2015 Taiwanese horror film. For the Spanish drama film released the same year, see The Bride (2015 film).

The Bride
Traditional Chinese屍憶
Hanyu Pinyinshī yì
Hokkien POJsi-ek
Directed byLingo Hsieh
Screenplay byLingo Hsieh
Chun-Pin Tsai
Takashige Ichise
Produced byTakashige Ichise
StarringWu Kang-ren
Nikki Hsieh
Vera Yen
Chie Tanaka
Distributed byApplause Entertainment Limited
Release date
  • 20 August 2015 (2015-08-20) (Taiwan)
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Running time
89 minutes[2]
CountryTaiwan
LanguagesMandarin, Taiwanese

The Bride (Chinese: 屍憶; pinyin: shī yì; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: si-ek) is a 2015 Taiwanese horror film directed by Lingo Hsieh and starring Wu Kang-ren, Nikki Hsieh, Vera Yen, and Chie Tanaka. The film explores the local custom of ghost marriage,[3] and it has been described as having restarted the local horror genre in Taiwan.[4] The film was nominated for best narrative at the 18th Taipei Film Festival in 2016.[5]

  1. ^ Chang, You-Ming (11 July 2015). "台灣冥婚習俗為題材 《屍憶》預告嚇壞網友" [With Taiwanese ghost marriage customs as a topic, 'The Bride' is predicted to terrify netizens]. China Times (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved 15 February 2021.
  2. ^ "屍憶" [The Bride]. Yahoo電影 (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved 15 February 2021.
  3. ^ Cheng, Ping-Hung (26 August 2015). "《青田街一號》＆《屍憶》：台灣電影的兩小步" ['The Laundryman' and 'The Bride': two small steps for Taiwanese cinema]. ET Today (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved 15 February 2021.
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