The Eye (2002)

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99 min - Drama | Horror | Thriller - 9 May 2002 (Hong Kong)

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Ratings: 6.8/10 from 16,291 users Metascore: 66/100
Reviews: 218 user | 137 critic | 26 from Metacritic.com

A blind girl gets a cornea transplant so that she would be able to see again. However, she got more than what she bargained for when she realised she could even see ghosts... See full summary »

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
	Angelica Lee	...	Wong Kar Mun (as Lee Sin-Je)
	Lawrence Chou	...	Dr. Wah
	Jinda Duangtoy	...	Old Lady in the Hospital
	Yut Lai So	...	Yingying
	Candy Lo	...	Yee (Mun's Sister)
	Edmund Chen	...	Dr. Lo
	Yin Ping Ko	...	Mun's grandmother
	Florence Wu	...	Nurse
	Wisarup Annuar	...	Dark Figure
	Yuet Siu Wong	...	Ghost in the Hospital
	Wing-Wai Chin	...	Hospital Caretaker
	Tao Leung	...	Ghost on the Highway
	Mylio Lau	...	Wah's Secretary (as Miyuki Lau)
	Ousinthorn Chotphan	...	Mun as a Little Girl
	Dampongongtrakul Sawadee	...	Yee as a Little Girl

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A blind girl gets a cornea transplant so that she would be able to see again. However, she got more than what she bargained for when she realised she could even see ghosts. And some of these ghosts are down right unfriendly. So she embarks on a journey to find the origins of her cornea and to reveal the history of the previous dead owner ... Written by Striding Cloud <frozen98@hotmail.com>

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Setsunai kyôfu [Japan] See more »

Genres:

Drama | Horror | Thriller

Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for some disturbing images See all certifications »

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Official Sites:

Palm Pictures [United States] | Add/edit official sites »

Country:

Hong Kong | Singapore

Language:

Cantonese | Thai | Mandarin (only a few words) | English (only a few words) | Hakka

Release Date:

9 May 2002 (Hong Kong) See more »

Also Known As:

A szem See more »

Filming Locations:

Hong Kong, China See more »

Box Office

Budget:

SGD 4,500,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

€301,664 (Spain) (23 March 2003) (71 Screens)

Gross:

$2,952,059 (South Korea) (19 September 2002)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Applause Pictures, Mediacorp Raintree Pictures See more »

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Technical Specs

Runtime:

99 min | Argentina: 110 min (Mar del Plata Film Festival) | Canada: 94 min (DVD) | Sweden: 94 min (DVD)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital EX

Color:

Black and White | Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

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Trivia

When Dr Wah and Mun are on the train together, a ghostly woman's face appears in the train window behind them as they travel through a tunnel. See more »

Goofs

Continuity: When Mun leaves the apartment and then crouches down to talk to the young boy about the report card, she is right beside the apartment door, but in the next shot, her Grandmother looks out of the peephole in the door. Mun is now suddenly right in front of the door, on the other side of the hallway. See more »

Crazy Credits

The credits at the beginning of the film first appear as braile. See more »

Connections

Spoofed in The Eye 10 (2005) See more »

The Eye (2002)
Gin gwai (original title)

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