At First Sight

Jan 15, 1999

2h 8m

★ 6.0

Science gave him sight. She gave him vision.

Overview

A blind man has an operation to regain his sight at the urging of his girlfriend and must deal with the changes to his life.

Genres

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

At First Sight Trailers

Cast

Virgil Adamson

Val Kilmer

Amy Benic

Mira Sorvino

Jennie Adamson

Kelly McGillis

Duncan Allanbrook

Steven Weber

Dr. Charles Aaron

Bruce Davison

Phil Webster

Nathan Lane

Virgil's Father

Ken Howard

Betsy Ernst

Laura Kirk

Caroline

Drena De Niro

Nancy Bender

Margo Winkler

Singer

Diana Krall

Jack Falk

Willie C. Carpenter

Taking its title from an archaic Japanese word meaning "ghost story," this anthology adapts four folk tales. A penniless samurai marries for money with tragic results. A man stranded in a blizzard is saved by Yuki the Snow Maiden, but his rescue comes at a cost. Blind musician Hoichi is forced to perform for an audience of ghosts. An author relates the story of a samurai who sees another warrior's reflection in his teacup.

7.5

A Patch of Blue

Dec 10, 1965

A blind, uneducated white girl is befriended by a black man, who becomes determined to help her escape her impoverished and abusive home life.

5.3

Full Body Massage

Jul 10, 1999

Nina, an art dealer, has her weekly massage appointment and is surprised to find out her usual masseur, Douglas, has sent a replacement named Fitch. The pair develop an easy rapport during the session, with talk about past relationships. As Nina lies topless on the massage table, Fitch also takes time to explain various massage techniques, including those used by Hopi medicine men.

7.2

Places in the Heart

Sep 11, 1984

In 1935 rural Texas, recently widowed Edna Spaulding struggles to survive with two small children, a farm to run, and very little money in the bank - not to mention a deadly tornado and the unwelcome presence of the Ku Klux Klan. Edna is aided by her beautician sister, Margaret; a blind boarder, Mr. Will; and a would-be thief, Moze, who decides to teach Edna how to plant and harvest cotton.

6.1

Scarlet Innocence

Oct 2, 2014

A university professor gradually succumbing to blindness is entranced by an obsessive love, in this modern-day adaptation of a classic Korean fairy tale.

6.6

Proof

Aug 15, 1991

Martin, a young blind photographer, is divided between his friendship with restaurant worker Andy and the exclusive love that Celia—who is terribly jealous of this new friendship—has for him.

6.0

Star for a Night

Aug 28, 1936

Blind Mrs. Lind comes to American to visit her three children whom she thinks are successful.

1.0

If I Could Ride Again

Apr 27, 2025

When a former equestrian champion returns home from college, she finds that her best friend is taking her place training for an upcoming competition. As she struggles with the injury that prevents her from riding again, the tension between the two mounts and their trainer encourages them to lean on each other, and their love of horses and racecars, to find strength, hope, and redemption.

7.8

Scent of a Woman

Dec 23, 1992

Charlie Simms is a student at a private preparatory school who comes from a poor family. To earn the money for his flight home to Gresham, Oregon for Christmas, Charlie takes a job over Thanksgiving looking after retired U.S. Army officer Lieutenant Colonel Frank Slade, a cantankerous middle-aged man who lives with his niece and her family.

6.4

Greyhawk

Jun 28, 2014

A reclusive, disillusioned Army veteran is prompted into action when his only friend goes missing on a down-at-heel council estate.

6.8

Fight, Zatoichi, Fight

Nov 17, 1964

Blind swordsman/masseuse Zatoichi befriends a young woman returning home with her baby. When gangsters mistake her for Zatoichi and kill her, Zatoichi determines to escort the baby to its father. He gains the reluctant help of a young pick pocket and together they travel to find the baby's father. But they do not reckon on the father's reaction to their arrival, nor on their own growing feelings for the child.

6.5

Zatoichi's Revenge

Apr 3, 1965

Itinerant masseur and master swordsman, the blind Zatoichi, is near the village of his teacher, Hikonoichi, so he decides to visit. He learns of Hikonoichi's recent robbery and murder and the imprisonment of his virginal daughter, Osayo, in a brothel. Through friendship with Denroku, a local dice thrower and devoted father, Ichi uncovers an unholy alliance between the governor and the area strongman: among their scams is falsifying tax records to put farmers in debt, then forcing their daughters into prostitution at the boss's brothel. With help from Denroku's daughter, Otsuru, Ichi comforts Osayo until he can provoke showdowns with the villains and their henchmen.

6.9

Zatoichi's Conspiracy

Apr 21, 1973

Zatoichi, the famed blind swordsman, returns to his home village for the first time in many years. He is befriended by Omiyo, who had the same wet-nurse as Zatoichi. He also encounters a boyhood friend, Shinbei, who is now wealthy and appears not to remember Zatoichi. Shinbei seems to be interested in repaying the villagers' debts, but is, in reality, manipulating the ownership of a now valuable rock quarry. Zatoichi learns of the subterfuge and confronts his old friend, who has a score of yakuza swordsmen backing his play.

0.0

Rétilin

Jul 3, 2025

Sylvain, a 72-year-old man, learns that he is going to lose his sight just as his daughter is about to give birth to her first child.

7.4

Scent of a Woman

Dec 20, 1974

An army cadet accompanies an irascible, blind captain on a week-long trip from Turin to Naples.