Silk (2006) [N/A]

Featuring:
Chang Chen, Yôsuke Eguchi, Karena Ka-Yan Lam

Written by:
Chao-Bin Su

Directed by:
Chao-Bin Su


Release Date:
September 28, 2006

Original Title:
詭絲

Alternate Titles:
Gui si
Seide
Silk - Der erste eingefangene Geist der Welt
TW Silk
Шелк

Genres:
Horror | Mystery | Science Fiction

Production Companies:
CMC Entertainment
Unit 9 Pictures

Production Countries:
Taiwan

Ratings / Certifications:
DE: 16 

Runtime: 108

The World's First Caught Spirit.

A scientist uses his invention - the "Menger Sponge" - to capture the energy of a dead child's spirit in an old building. In trying to determine why the energy of the ghost does not dissipate, the team discovers the identity and the dramatic story of the boy.

In Taipei, the crippled scientist Hashimoto uses his invention of "Menger Sponge" to capture the energy of the spirit of a child in an old building. He invites the specialist in reading lips, Detective Tung, to join his research team that is studying the phenomenon to understand the movements of the lips of the ghost. Hashimoto is trying to disclose why the energy of the ghost does not dissipate, and Tung discovers the identity and the dramatic story of the boy. He was sick with tumors and was killed by his own mother and buried nearby a nuclear plant. Hashimoto deduces that the rage of the boy for his mother associated to the location where the body was buried were the reason to keep the energy. When the government decides to shutdown the research, Hashimoto becomes insane and takes the spirit with him.

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Rankings and Honors

Silk (2006) on IMDb
Internet Movie Database 6.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes 40%
Awards Won: 1 win & 5 nominations

Art Direction:
Po-jen Chen
Ryo Sugimoto

Assistant Director:
Je-Yi An

Associate Producer:
Tsai-Yang Tang
Yeh Jufeng

Casting:
Hsiu-Luan Lee

Costume Design:
Lee Pik-Kwan

Director:
Su Chaobin

Director of Photography:
Arthur Wong Ngok-Tai

Editor:
Cheung Ka-Fai

Editorial Production Assistant:
Ku Hsiao-yun

Executive Producer:
Chih-ming Huang
Chin-Wen Huang

Location Manager:
Lien Yi-chi

Makeup Effects Designer:
Paul Katte
Nick Nicolaou

Original Music Composer:
Peter Kam Pau-Tat

Production Design:
Yôhei Taneda

Production Manager:
Wei-liu Wang

Set Decoration:
Yoshihito Akatsuka

Stunts:
Stephen Tung Wai

Visual Effects Supervisor:
Victor Wong Wang-Tat
Eddy Wong Wang-Hin
Sing-Choong Foo

Writer:
Su Chaobin

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