A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
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
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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Internet Movie Database | 6.4/10 |
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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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