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Overview

User Rating:
6.9/10   11,378 votes
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Writers:
Jo Jo Yuet-chun Hui (written by) and
Danny Pang (written by) ...
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Contact:
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Release Date:
9 May 2002 (Hong Kong) more
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Tagline:
What if the reflection you see is not yours more
Plot:
A blind girl gets a cornea transplant so that she would be able to see again. However, she got more... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
8 wins & 5 nominations more
User Reviews:
A Very Scary Movie more (220 total)

Cast

  (Credited cast)
Angelica Lee ... Wong Kar Mun (as Lee Sin-Je)
Lawrence Chou ... Dr. Wah
Chutcha Rujinanon ... Ling
Yut Lai So ... Yingying
Candy Lo ... Yee (Mun's Sister)
Yin Ping Ko ... Mun's grandmother
Pierre Png ... Dr. Eak

Edmund Chen ... Dr. Lo
Wai-Ho Yung ... Mr. Ching
Wilson Yip ... Taoist
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Kanta Aeamsamang ... Young Mother
Wisarup Annuar ... Dark Figure
Cub Chin ... Boy's Father
Wing-Wai Chin ... Hospital Caretaker
Ousinthorn Chotphan ... Mun as a Little Girl
Sungwen Cummee ... Ghost in the Elevator
Damrongwiseeatpanich ... Ling (Age 8)
Jinda Duangtoy ... Old Lady in the Hospital
Sopol Duriensuk ... Traffic Policeman
Pornchai Hongrattanaporn ... Bride
Si Won Ho ... Ghost in the Restaurant
King Man Ip ... Taoist
Panpimol Jeamsakol ... Thai Nurse 2
Pui Ho Jim ... Boy in the Car Accident
Narongsak Junjiamrat ... Young Father
Wirasinee Kuntipan ... Groom
Mylio Lau ... Wah's Secretary
Yuk Ha Lau ... Waitress
Hing Kim Lee ... Restaurant Owener
Somchai Leelanukul ... Thai Mini-Bus Driver
Tao Leung ... Ghost on the Highway
Vuanna Mahachanok ... Thai Mini-Cab Driver
Tassanana Nuntasapee ... Ling (Age 4)
Ming Poon ... Boy with Cap
Dampongongtrakul Sawadee ... Yee as a Little Girl
Nonlaporn Sombatruksasuk ... Boy's Mother
Nittaya Suthornrat ... Ghost in the Classroom
Busarn Thongtiw ... Thai Nurse 1
Wasarat Thrasarchoti ... Mr. Ching's Assistant
Sue Yuen Wang ... Ling's Mother
Yuet Siu Wong ... Ghost in the Hospital
Florence Wu ... Nurse
Tian Nan Wu ... Calligraphy Teacher
Ben Yuen ... Mr. Ching
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Eye (International: English title) (UK)
Jian gui (Hong Kong: Mandarin title)
Seeing Ghosts (literal English title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for some disturbing images.
Runtime:
99 min | Argentina:110 min (Mar del Plata Film Festival) | Canada:94 min (DVD) | Sweden:94 min (DVD)
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1.85 : 1 more
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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. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Mun and Dr. Lo get to Bangkok, they each have a black bag. At the hospital, only Dr. Lo has one. Later, at Ling's house, Mun has her bag back. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Bu san (2003) more

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17 out of 23 people found the following review useful.
A Very Scary Movie, 25 July 2005
9/10
Author: Claudio Carvalho from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

In Hong Kong, the eighteen years old Wong Kar Mun (Lee Sin-je) has been blind since she was two years old. She submits to a surgery of cornea transplantation, and while recovering from the operation, she realizes that she is seeing dead people. With the support of Dr. Wah (Lawrence Chou), Mun tries to find who was the donor of her eyes and resolve the mystery of her visions.

"Jian gui" is really a very scary movie. Without being gore, the Pang brothers use visual and sound effects to create a frightening atmosphere. The result is magnificent and I really appreciated this film a lot. The first half of the story is amazingly scary, with the ghosts and the shadow man surprising Mun and the viewers. I was watching this movie alone late of the night, in a very dark ambient, and I startled many times. I really believe that fans like me of "Haunted", "The Sixth Sense", "The Others", "Ringu" and "El Espinazo del Diablo" will like this movie, which I include among my favorite ghost stories. My vote is nine.

Title (Brazil): "The Eye – A Herança" ("The Eye – The Heritage")

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