The Eye (2002 film)
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Hong Kong film poster
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| Traditional | 見鬼 |
| Simplified | 见鬼 |
| Mandarin | Jiàn Guǐ |
| Cantonese | Gin3 Gwai2 |
| Directed by | Pang brothers |
| Produced by |
Peter Chan Lawrence Cheng Jojo Hui Eric Tsang |
| Written by | Jojo Hui Pang brothers |
| Starring |
Angelica Lee Lawrence Chou Chutcha Rujinanon |
| Music by | Orange Music |
| Cinematography | Decha Seementa |
| Edited by | Pang brothers |
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Production
company |
Applause Pictures
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| Distributed by | Mediacorp Raintree Pictures |
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Release date
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Running time
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98 minutes |
| Country | Hong Kong Singapore |
| Language | Cantonese |
| Budget | SG$4,500,000 |
| Box office | HK$13,733,856 |
The Eye, also known as Seeing Ghosts, is a 2002 Hong Kong-Singaporean horror film directed by the Pang brothers. The film spawned two sequels by the Pang brothers, The Eye 2 and The Eye 10. There are three remakes of this film, including Naina, made in 2005 in Hindi, starring Urmila Matondkar and produced by Shripal Morakhia, Sagar Pandya, Anjum Rajabali, and Rakesh Mehra. Adhu made in 2004 in Tamil starring Sneha and Abbas. The Eye, a 2008 Hollywood production starring Jessica Alba and produced by Peter Chan and Paula Wagner.
Blind since the age of two, 20-year-old Hong Kong classical violinist Mun undergoes an eye cornea transplant after receiving a pair of new eyes from a donor. Initially, she is glad to have her sense of sight restored but becomes troubled when she starts seeing mysterious figures that seem to foretell gruesome deaths. The night before her discharge from hospital, she sees a shadowy figure accompanying a patient out of the room and the next morning the patient is pronounced dead.
Mun goes to see her doctor's nephew, Dr. Wah, a psychologist, about the strange entities that she has been seeing. He is skeptical at first, but as he gradually develops a closer relationship with her, he decides to accompany her on a trip to northern Thailand to find Ling, the eye donor. When they ask a village doctor about Ling and her family, he is unwilling to reveal anything but becomes more cooperative when Mun tells him that she sees what Ling used to see. Apparently, Ling had a psychic ability that allowed her to foresee death and disaster. However, her fellow villagers misunderstood her as a jinx and refused to trust her. Once, Ling tried to warn the people about an imminent disaster, but they drove her away in disbelief. When her vision came true, she felt guilty about the deaths and hanged herself. Ling's mother is both depressed and angry with her daughter and has never forgiven Ling for committing suicide, until one night Ling's spirit possesses Mun and attempts suicide. Ling's mother saves Mun and breaks down, saying that she has forgiven Ling and Ling's spirit leaves in peace.
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