Yee do hung gaan (2002)

Director:

Chi-Leung Law

Writers:

Chi-Leung Law (writer)
Tung-Shing Yee (writer)

Release Date:

28 March 2002 (Hong Kong)

Genre:

Crime | Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

Her Daydreams Become His Nightmare.

Plot:

This is the story of Yan, a young woman haunted by fleeting images of what she believes to be dead people...

Plot Keywords:

Suspicion | Psychologist | Vision | Female Nudity | Cult Favorite

Awards:

2 wins & 5 nominations

Cast

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

Also Known As:

Inner Senses (Hong Kong: English title)
Yi du kong jian (Hong Kong: Mandarin title)

Runtime:

100 min

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Cantonese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Australia:M | Malaysia:U | Germany:16 | Hong Kong:IIB | Philippines:PG-13 | Singapore:PG | South Korea:12

Trivia:

Leslie Cheung's final film before his suicide.

Movie Connections:

References The Sixth Sense (1999)

Soundtrack:

Carry On

A thoughtful ghost story

People who are expecting unrelenting scares and a general feeling of creepiness should probably avoid this one. It's good, but it's more of a character study than anything else. The ghosts are real, but then, we're all haunted by our own personal demons, aren't we?

A young woman with the frightening ability to see ghosts seeks help from a handsome young doctor. The two soon fall in love and begin a relationship. However, as her ability lessens, his increases, and soon he is plagued by the vengeful ghost of a teenage girl he once wronged. The doctor, who never before believed in ghosts, begins to fall apart. Will he be driven to suicide by the restless spirit, or will he find a way to put both her and himself at peace?

This film is methodical in its careful construction of its characters. Some might prefer the term "slow moving." It's a ghost story with bookend ghosts, one of which strongly resembles Sadako of "Ringu" fame. Perhaps the creepiest aspect of this film is the fact that Leslie Cheung, in the role of the tormented Jim, committed suicide not long after this film was released. It is most disconcerting to see his character pushed to the brink of suicide by a ghost who wants him to jump off of a building when you know in advance that he actually did leap to his death from a tall building! This sad fact definitely lends the movie an unsettling quality.

The performances are all strong and quite believable, and the ghosts (when they appear) are frightening. This is a good, strong story of guilt and shame and the way in which they come back to "haunt" us. Fans of fast-paced, gore- splattered fare might find themselves bored silly by this one, but for the intellectual ghost lover "Inner Senses" just might be their thing.