The First 7th Night
A helpless Taxi driver, a mysterious delivery boy, a 30 years abandoned motel, a touching past, all come together to form a strange tale. One day, a strange passenger Xiao Ma hires a taxi driver named Map King, paying him a huge sum of money to take him to an abandoned old motel. The Chun Lei Motel was mysteriously burnt 30 years before, and has been abandoned since. Very few people remember that the hotel ever existed and no one ever speaks of it. To Xiao Mas' surprise, the taxi driver actually knows the way to the motel. Ah Fang, was the owner of the motel. She had lived peacefully in the motel with her young son and husband. Seven days after the unfortunate death of her beloved husband, four thieves visited her motel. By the end of that evening, the motel was in flames and everyone involved had vanished. Thirty years after that fateful night, Xiao Ma and the taxi driver reach the motel.
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Herman Yau Director · Zexin Writer Mandy Ngai Man-Yin Cinematographer
First release May 21, 2009 · Produced in Hong Kong SAR China · Languages Cantonese, Chinese
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East Act Entertainment
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Phaedra Pictures
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Hong Kong SAR China
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Original title
頭七
Original language
Chinese
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Cantonese · Chinese
Release dates
Hong Kong SAR China · May 21, 2009
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