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My Left Eye Sees Ghosts Traditional 我左眼見到鬼 Simplified 我左眼见到鬼 Directed by Johnnie To
Wai Ka-FaiProduced by Johnnie To
Wai Ka-FaiWritten by Wai Ka-Fai
Yau Nai-Hoi
Au Kin-YeeStarring Sammi Cheng
Lau Ching-Wan
Cherrie Ying
Bonnie Wong Man-Wai
Simon Yam
Kelly Lin
Wong Tin Lam
Lam Suet
Lee San SanMusic by Cacine Wong Cinematography Cheng Siu-Keung Editing by Law Wing-Cheong
Yau Chi-WaiStudio One Hundred Years of Film
Milkyway ImageDistributed by Hong Kong:
China Star Entertainment GroupRelease date(s) Hong Kong:
13 July 2002Country Hong Kong Language Cantonese My Left Eye Sees Ghosts (simplified Chinese: 我左眼见到鬼; traditional Chinese: 我左眼見到鬼) is a 2002 Hong Kong film produced and directed by Johnnie To and Wai Ka-Fai, and starring Sammi Cheng, Lau Ching-Wan, Lee San-San, and Cherrie Ying. The film includes elements of tongue-in-cheek horror, comedy, romance and drama, and does not fit neatly into any one genre.
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Synopsis
May Ho (Sammi Cheng) is a woman who inherits a vast fortune when her rich husband drowns in a scuba diving accident in the Caribbean. May told several joking lies to win her Stanford-educated, extremely successful husband, and his mother and sister are less than pleased when they find out, especially since they still harbor suspicions about her motives in marrying her husband after knowing him for only seven days. Nonetheless, the house, fortune, and a portion of the family fashion company are hers. Depressed, alone, and deeply missing her husband (feelings further exacerbated when her husband's dog, Whisky, dies), May goes on a binge of eating, drinking, smoking, watching television, and stealing from her own company's stores, culminating in a drunken car ride and near-fatal car accident.
May finds herself lying on the ground outside her car and thinks she is unscathed, until she approaches her vehicle and sees her bloody body in the driver's seat. Ken Wong (Lau Ching Wan) appears to her and scares her into returning to her body, reviving herself.
Although she just barely evaded death, the left side of May's face is heavily injured. Later in the hospital, when she removes the gauze covering her left eye, she suddenly realizes she can see ghosts with that eye. She soon finds herself in the constant company and care of the ghost Ken, who claims that he is her former classmate who died when he was 13 in a typhoon out at sea. Throughout their escapades in the realm of the supernatural, May slowly develops a connection with him. However, despite all the ghosts she has encountered, her husband has never appeared to her and she deeply wants to see him, even for just an instant. Ken attempts to help her fulfill this wish before he crosses the Twilight Junction to be reincarnated though it initially appears she did not succeed. Only the spirit of her husband's late dog, Whisky, appears - seemingly close to Ken as if the canine knows him. Ken ask May for a final wish to hug her before he moves on, and in doing so she had to pretend that he was her husband.
Later, she goes to check on the restoration of her husband's vintage car and discovers the restorer resembles Ken, who turned to be the real Ken who did not really die when he was 13. She finally realize that the ghost who had been at her side all the while was actually her dead husband in disguise to prevent her from becoming too attached to him and to urge her to move on. She tries several ways to contact him after he had moved on, but all attempts were useless. Her ability to see ghosts had also disappeared. The film ends with a hint of a future romance between May and Ken.
Cast
- Sammi Cheng - May Ho
- Lau Ching Wan - Ken Wong/Sam Wong
- Lam Chi-Sing - May's brother
- Lam Suet - May's dad
- Lee San-san- Susan
- Li Fung - Exorcist
- Kelly Lin - Phantom of Sam's girlfriend
- Szema Wah-Lung - Ghost
- Wong Tin-lam - Sam's dad
- Bonnie Wong - Mrs. Tsui
- Simon Yam - Ben
- Cherrie Ying - Tina
Remake
Paramount Pictures acquired the remake rights and decided to release in 2013.
External links
- My Left Eye Sees Ghosts at the Internet Movie Database
- My Left Eye Sees Ghosts at AllRovi
Films directed by Johnnie To 1980s The Enigmatic Case (1989) · Happy Ghost III (1986) · Seven Years Itch (1987) · The Eighth Happiness (1988) · All About Ah-Long (1989) · The Fun, the Luck and the Tycoon (1989)1990s The Story of My Son (1990) · The Royal Scoundrel (1991) · Lucky Encounter (1992) · Justice, My Foot! (1992) · The Mad Monk (1993) · The Heroic Trio (1993) · Loving You (1995) · A Moment of Romance 3 (1996) · Lifeline (1997) · A Hero Never Dies (1998) · Running Out of Time (1999) · Where a Good Man Goes (1999) · The Mission (1999)2000s PTU (2003) · Breaking News (2004) · Throw Down (2004) · Yesterday Once More (2004) · Election (2005) · Election 2 (2006) · Exiled (2006) · Linger (2008) · Sparrow (2008) · Vengeance (2009)2010s Don't Go Breaking My Heart (2011) · Life Without Principle (2011)Films with
Wai Ka-FaiNeeding You... (2000) · Help!!! (2000) · Love on a Diet (2001) · Fulltime Killer (2001) · Fat Choi Spirit (2002) · My Left Eye Sees Ghosts (2002) · Love For All Seasons (2003) · Turn Left, Turn Right (2003) · Running on Karma (2003) · Mad Detective (2007) ·Co-director See also Films directed by Wai Ka-Fai Directed alone Peace Hotel (1995) · Too Many Ways to Be No. 1 (1997) · Fantasia (2004) · Himalaya Singh (2005) · The Shopaholics (2006) · Written By (2009)Directed with Johnnie To Needing You... (2000) · Help!!! (2000) · Love on a Diet (2001) · Fulltime Killer (2001) · Fat Choi Spirit (2002) · My Left Eye Sees Ghosts (2002) · Love For All Seasons (2003) · Turn Left, Turn Right (2003) · Running on Karma (2003) · Mad Detective (2007) · Don't Go Breaking My Heart (2011)Milkyway Image 1990s films Beyond Hypothermia (1996) • Final Justice (1996) • Too Many Ways to Be No. 1 (1996) • The Odd One Dies (1997) • The Intruder (1997) • The Longest Nite (1998) • Expect the Unexpected (1998) • A Hero Never Dies (1998) • Sealed with a Kiss (1999) • Where a Good Man Goes (1998) • Running Out of Time (1999) • The Mission (1999)2000s films Spacked Out (2000) • Needing You... (2000) • Help!!! (2000) • Comeuppance (2000) • Wu yen (2001) • Love on a Diet (2001) • Fulltime Killer (2001) • Let’s Sing Along (2001) • Running Out of Time 2 (2001) • Second Time Around (2001) • Fat Choi Spirit (2002) • My Left Eye Sees Ghosts (2002) • Love For All Seasons (2003) • PTU (2003) • Looking for Mr. Perfect (2003) • Turn Left, Turn Right (2003) • Running on Karma (2003) • Breaking News (2004) • Throw Down (2004) • Yesterday Once More (2004) • Election (2005) • 2 Become 1 (2006) • Election 2 (2006) • Exiled (2006) • Eye in the Sky (2007) Triangle (2007) • Hooked on You (2007) • Mad Detective (2007) • Linger (2008) • Sparrow (2008) • Tactical Unit - The Code (2008) • Tactical Unit - No Way Out (2008) • Tactical Unit - Human Nature (2008) • Tactical Unit - Partners (2009) • Tactical Unit - Comrades in Arms (2009) • Accident (2009) • Vengeance (2009)2010s films Filmmakers Screenwriters Crew Dennis Law • Cheng Siu-Keung • Martin Chappell • May Mok • Patrick Tam • Lai Yiu-Fai • David M. RichardsonSee also Tactical Unit seriesCinema of Hong Kong Actors · Directors · Cinematographers · Ocean Shores · Producers · Shaw Brothers Studio · Films A–Z · Action films · Writers Films by year:
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