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3''Three'' is a is a 2000 horror AnthologyFilm directed by three Asian filmmakers from different countries; Kim Ji-woon (UsefulNotes/SouthKorea), Nonzee Nimibutr (UsefulNotes/{{Thailand}}) and Peter Chan (UsefulNotes/HongKong).
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5It was followed by ''Film/ThreeExtremes'', another Asian horror anthology. Because of the latter's success, ''Three'' was released internationally as "3 Extremes II'', basically making it a sequel to its own sequel.
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7!! Memories
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9A man goes to a psychiatrist to try to remember what happened the day his wife disappeared from his life. Meanwhile, his wife wakes up and finds herself lying on a deserted road, having no idea how she got there in the first place. She tries to find her way home. At the same time, her husband drives home to their apartment. Separately, they begin to regain their memories of what happened. Directed by Kim Ji-woon (whose credits include ''Film/ATaleOfTwoSisters'', ''Film/TheGoodTheBadTheWeird'' and ''Film/ISawTheDevil'').
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11* DeadAllAlong: [[spoiler:The wife was murdered by her husband before the film starts. The events that happen in her POV is real; the reason why nobody responds to her is because she is a ghost.]]
12* {{Fingore}} - As in severed fingers mysteriously appearing out of nowhere.
13* GhostAmnesia: [[spoiler:The wife initially neither remembers her past life or the fact that she is dead. She slowly learns piece by piece what really happened to her.]]
14* OurGhostsAreDifferent: [[spoiler:The wife is a ghost, having been murdered by her husband after an argument.]]
15* TomatoInTheMirror: [[spoiler:The wife is dead since before the film begins.]]
16* TraumaInducedAmnesia: The man does not clearly remember the event that caused his wife's disappearance, just the fact that it was a tragedy.
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18!! The Wheel
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20A Thai village is terrorized by cursed puppets. Directed by Nonzee Nimibutr.
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22* ArtifactOfDoom: The puppets bring a deadly curse to whoever take hold of it.
23* CreepyDoll
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25!! Going Home
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27While searching for his missing son, a cop, Wai, finds himself detained by his neighbor Yu, a Chinese physician, in his apartment. Yu has been tending to the body of his dead wife for three years, apparently believing that his wife is still alive and will wake up in a day or two so they can go home together. Directed by Peter Chan.
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29* LookBothWays: [[spoiler:Yu is suddenly killed when a car hits him as he is running away from the police.]]
30* MummiesAtTheDinnerTable - A tragic case.
31* OurGhostsAreDifferent: Cheung is able to play with Yu's daughter, a girl his age, even though [[spoiler:not only is she a ghost, she is stillborn; her mother died carrying her.]]
32* RealAfterAll - The ending implies that [[spoiler:Yu might not have been crazy.]]
33* TogetherInDeath: [[spoiler:Yu is reunited with his wife and stillborn daughter after death.]]

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