Aka: Gin Gwai
Directors: Pang Brothers
Release date: 2002
Language: Cantonese, Mandarin, Thai
Subtitle: English (Hard-subbed)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Starring:
Angelica Lee as Wong Kar Mun
Lawrence Chou as Dr. Wah
Chutcha Rujinanon as Ling
Yut Lai So as Yingying
Candy Lo as Yee
Yin Ping Ko as Mun's grandmother
Pierre Png as Dr. Eak
Synopsis:
A corneal transplant sets the stage for terror in this supernatural thriller from directors Danny and Oxide Pang. Blind from the age of two, 20-year-old Mann (Angelica Lee) now has a chance to reclaim her sense of sight thanks to recent breakthroughs in technology.
At first elated to have her vision restored, Mann's joy soon turns to paralyzing fear when she begins to see mysterious dark figures which foreshadow sudden, shocking deaths. Subsequently distraught over seeing Ling (Chutcha Rujinanon), the previous owner of the corneas, when she peers into the mirror, Mann's disturbing images slowly begin to chip away at her sanity until she has no choice but to track Ling's past and solve the horrifying mystery that plagues her.
Traveling to Ling's former home in a small Northern Thailand village, Mann learns that Ling was driven to suicide after suffering similar visions preceding a tragic fire. When hundreds of the mysterious black figures descend upon Mann just as she is about to leave Thailand, she realizes that a horrific tragedy is set to unfold unless she can summon the courage to take action and use her supernatural gift of sight to alter the future.
(Credit: Imdb)
At first elated to have her vision restored, Mann's joy soon turns to paralyzing fear when she begins to see mysterious dark figures which foreshadow sudden, shocking deaths. Subsequently distraught over seeing Ling (Chutcha Rujinanon), the previous owner of the corneas, when she peers into the mirror, Mann's disturbing images slowly begin to chip away at her sanity until she has no choice but to track Ling's past and solve the horrifying mystery that plagues her.
Traveling to Ling's former home in a small Northern Thailand village, Mann learns that Ling was driven to suicide after suffering similar visions preceding a tragic fire. When hundreds of the mysterious black figures descend upon Mann just as she is about to leave Thailand, she realizes that a horrific tragedy is set to unfold unless she can summon the courage to take action and use her supernatural gift of sight to alter the future.
(Credit: Imdb)
Review:
This movie was one of the first asian movies I've seen and it impressed me so much that now I'm a huge fan of asian horror movies lol. The twists through the movie and the actress Angelica Lee make this one a must see.
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Awards:
Golden Bauhinia Awards:
Best Actress - Angelica Lee
Golden Horse Film Festival:
Best Actress - Angelica Lee
Best Visual Effects
Hong Kong Film Awards:
Best Actress - Angelica Lee
Málaga International Week of Fantastic Cinema:
Audience Award: Best Feature Film - Danny and Oxide Pang
Best Special Effects
Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival:
Best Cinematography: Decha Srimantra
Trivia:
The beginning (the operation for a blind girl to see again) and the end of the film are based on true stories the Pang brothers read about in the news.
The dark/black figure/person that constantly appears in the film when the characters die is the Daoist (Chinese religion) form of the Grim Reaper. In Daoist belief, there are two Grim Reapers, the White and Black "Wu Chang". The Black Reaper is the one that escorts the newly dead to the "other world" of "afterlife".
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