大导演严俊又一警世之作，根据蒲松龄《聊斋志异》同名故事改编，描述明末期间，才女连琐（李菁）因救父而误杀奸徒，复投井自尽。十多年后，才子杨于畏（李丽华）因逃避奸臣追捕，投奔父执世交唐尚书（井淼）；怎料唐尚书趋炎附势，拒不收留，幸得老仆李贵（顾文宗）忠义，引于畏于一荒废书馆躲藏。于畏夜间无意与连琐相会，夕夕相对，发生一段人鬼之恋。唐尚书义女连闱（李菁分饰）与连琐原属同胞姊妹，跟于畏早有婚约。连闱妒恨亡姊迷惑于畏，指挥仆役火焚书馆，不料失足而死；连琐得借妹屍还魂，与于畏终成眷属。此片由天皇巨星李丽华反串男主角，而「亚洲影后」李菁分饰连琐及连闱两姊妹，一正一邪，一人一鬼，表现出众。

Love knows no limits in the grand period romance, Lady Jade Locket. A young fighter inadvertently falls for the spirit of a beautiful woman, who died years earlier avenging her own father's murder. The beautiful ghost is in fact the sister of his fiancee. Experienced as an actor in many such romances, director Yen Chuan keeps the tone perfect. Plus, with period specialist Li Li-hua in the lead and the attractive and acclaimed Li Ching playing the ghost girl, he really can do no wrong.