The Mirror

A courtesan is murdered in a 16th-century Chinese brothel, and her blood spills onto the mirror on the dressing table. This moment anchors the mirror as a central plot device that haunts the stories to come. The scene establishes a sense of malevolent fate linked to the dressing table.

Mary, an heiress, is gifted the antique dressing table in Shanghai. She notices something strange about the mirror and begins receiving eerie phone calls that remind her of dark secrets from her past. The calls hint that hidden sins will not stay buried.

Mary recalls her affair with a married professor who already had a family. She plots to silence him so she can take over his mansion. The past she tried to bury resurfaces as she contemplates her crime.

One night, two servants confront Mary and reveal that they are the professor's daughters seeking revenge. They pursue justice for their father by enacting their vendetta. The confrontation marks a turning point in the mirror tied to Mary's fate.

James has a one-night stand with Lora in Singapore. Lora's burly Teochew-speaking brother Roman forces James to marry her. The marriage ties him to the haunted dressing table from this point onward.

Lora moves into James's house and brings along the antique dressing table inherited from her deceased parents. The mirror's presence begins to unsettle the household as strange occurrences hint at a hidden history.

A mysterious woman offers James a million dollars to defend her son, accused of raping a woman and murdering her boyfriend. James, driven by greed, accepts the case and wins in court. The case deepens the mirror's moral corruption inside him.

After the courtroom victory, James is involved in a car accident and suffers severe facial injuries. He undergoes reconstructive surgery and, when the bandages are removed, looks exactly like the rape victim's deceased boyfriend.

In Hong Kong during 1999, Ming returns from overseas with his girlfriend Judy and announces their engagement. Yu, the grandmother's granddaughter who loves Ming, grows jealous as she watches Judy with suspicion.

Ming and Judy purchase the antique dressing table and bring it home, deepening the sense that the mirror will influence their fortunes. Yu finds the mirror unsettling and notices Judy's puppy barking inexplicably at her.

Judy's puppy is killed and Ming's grandmother goes missing the following night. The grandmother is later found dead with her body dismembered, and Yu is arrested for the murder.

Ming confronts Judy and suspects that she killed the grandmother to inherit the fortune. Judy reveals her true colors and tries to kill Ming, but ends up impaling herself on a pair of scissors fixed to the dressing table. Yu is later cleared.

In Taiwan in 2000, a woman approaches the antique dressing table and sees her eyeballs fall out in the mirror. The horrifying image reinforces the mirror s cursed grip on the living.