Yee do hung gaan (2002)

This is the story of Yan, a young woman haunted by fleeting images of what she believes to be dead people. Told that it is all in her mind by her psychologist Jim, Yan still cannot find any... See full summary »

Director:

Chi-Leung Law

Writers:

Chi-Leung Law (screenplay), Tung-Shing Yee (screenplay),

Stars:

Leslie Cheung, Kar Yan Lam, Maggie Poon

2 wins & 5 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Leslie Cheung	...	Jim Law
Kar Yan Lam	...	Cheung Yan
Maggie Poon	...	Cheung, Siu Yu
Waise Lee	...	Wilson Chan
Valerie Chow	...	Mrs. Chan
Norman Chu	...	Mr. Chu (as Tsui Siu Keung)
Samuel Lam	...	Professor Fong
So Pik Wong	...	Jim's Assistant (as Olivia Wong)
Tin Leung	...	Hospital Director
Li Wen Sun	...	Yan's Father
Hong Dou Liu	...	Yan's Mother
Hang Shuen So	...	Siu Yu's Mother
Sheu Tong Wong	...	Siu Yu's Father
Pui Yin Lai	...	Mrs. Chiu
Ting Fung Lee	...	Little Chiu

Storyline

This is the story of Yan, a young woman haunted by fleeting images of what she believes to be dead people. Told that it is all in her mind by her psychologist Jim, Yan still cannot find any other explanations for her visions. Soon, her suspicions are confirmed when Jim begins seeing the same things she does and the two begin to unravel a mystery that leads to a forgotten past.

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Plot Keywords:

psychologist | vision | suspicion | mental breakdown | writing in blood | 

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Taglines:

Ghosts are real.

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Genres:

Crime | Horror | Thriller

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Details

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Cantonese

Release Date:

28 March 2002 (Hong Kong)

Also Known As:

Inner Senses

Box Office

Budget:

$4,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Filmko Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Leslie Cheung's final film before his suicide.

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Connections

References The Sixth Sense (1999)

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Soundtracks

"Carry On"
Words and Music by Peter Kam
Performed by May Chan
OP: Opus One Music Ltd.

User Reviews

I sense sensibility

Jim is a psychiatrist that convinces people that ghosts are just in their mind and doesn't truly exist. Yan is a girl with a troubled past that haunts her. She sees ghosts in her new Apartment, but Jim convinces her that these are all in her imagination. The psychiatric part of the film never gets dull and repetitive, and some if it is actually quite convincing. Jim talking to himself about his patients and this and that of psychology is one of the most interesting parts in the film. It never gets forced or unnecessary.

The horror parts of the film are usually just jump scares and most of it has to do with music, but it's still effective. The first part that made me jump was when the title appeared. So, it's pretty much expected to be jumping up and down throughout the whole film. The plot isn't original. But then it doesn't have to. It's simply about people thinking that they're seeing ghosts. It's not entirely a horror film. The scares come in quite surprisingly, and all of them are just the imagination of the characters. Nothing really memorable, but still effective.

I liked how the film tried to stay away from the clichés that most Asian horror have: A girl in a dress slowly walking with her long hair covering her face. I'm quite convinced that they made the long dead girlfriend of Jim's hair to be very short so that they wouldn't end up with that effect (which is pretty much unavoidable, long hair or not).

The characters are played excellently by the actors. Leslie Cheung (his last film, to which after making this movie, is said to have completely changed and got severely depressed. Jumped off a building and died soon in the hospital) is fantastic as Jim, the psychiatrist with the troubled past. Karena Lam and other supporting roles give out excellent performances as well.

Although the film has great performances and a pretty good story to tell, it's the ending where it fell apart. The movie suddenly becomes a lovestory with lots of cheese. It truly felt very, very different, and was quite unnecessary to end it that way. Yes, Jim overcoming and accepting, instead of forgetting, his past was how he was able to be cured. I loved the part when the character's roles are switched after Yan has recovered. After facing her parents, Jim is now the one that needs help. But the ending was simply a disappointment.

But the film does give out some great messages. Ghosts aren't what horror films, T.V. shows or books would have us believe to be. It's our troubled past that haunts us. And letting go of this past and not remembering it isn't the only thing you can do. You can simply accept it and choose to live a normal life. This is the conflict that almost all the characters are facing. We find out that the landlord, in what could possibly be the creepiest part of the film, actually prepares his long dead wife and kid's slippers in the doorway and cooks extra food for them.

7.5