Kiss Me My Ghost Friend
New York Asian Film Festival 2026
July 10 - 23
A broke director reopens a haunted theater, revives the Taiwanese opera his father abandoned, and falls for its leading lady—who’s been dead for 18 years. Chen Ta-pu packs supernatural comedy and backstage romance into a ghost story with laughter and tears.
Showtimes
Sat, July 18
A broke young theater director returns to a shuttered, supposedly haunted playhouse to save his troupe by staging Pao-chuan, the Taiwanese gezaixi opera his father abandoned years before. The theater is falling apart, the rehearsals are unraveling, and the rumors turn out to be true. Caisi, the quick-witted assistant who keeps appearing at his side, is the ghost of the theater’s former leading lady, dead for 18 years but still waiting for her final bow. Chen Ta-pu packs supernatural comedy and backstage romance into a warm fantasy about second chances, unfinished farewells, and love that refuses to leave the stage. Ivy Shao, Chu Meng-hsuan, and Cheng Jen-shuo star in a ghost story with laughter and tears—and a haunted theater waiting to live again.x
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