There is a view that Stephen Chow Anita Mui and Song Shijie, the wife, , were already dead when they went to the yamen in the end, because the onlookers gave them chrysanthemums for the deceased to visit the graves . After Song Shijie won the lawsuit, when the couple left, the gate emitted a golden light, which was actually a hint.
And at the end of the film, Song Shijie and his wife took their children to the grave. This has happened many years later, but the appearance of Song Shijie and his wife has not changed at all, which shows that the couple is carrying children who have died.
992 is called Stephen Chow's year. This year, Stephen Chow starred in "The Dead" won the annual championship of the Hong Kong movie box office with an impressive final box office of 49.88 million!
993, with the movie "The Deadly Officer", Stephen Chow and Anita Mui both won the Best Actor and Best Actress at the 12th Hong Kong Film Awards.
Some people say this is the most funny movie that Anita Mui has ever played, and some people say that it is the most serious movie that Stephen Chow has ever played. Stephen Chow in the film does not perform nonsensically in movies such as " The Deer and the Cauldron " and " Gambling Saint ". Some people even say that this is not a Zhou comedy, but life.
Although it has achieved impressive results, this may also be one of the least well-known movies that Stephen Chow and Anita Mui have starred in.
Because this movie is really too rigorous, the funny memes and movies are greatly separated. For example, when Song Shijie, played by Stephen Chow, and Song Li, played by his sister, joked about the cuteest height difference.
However, if this clip is deleted, it will actually have no effect on the main plot. The reason why
has such a plot is because the director Johnnie To originally wanted to invite Zhou Runfa and Cheng Yuling , but because of the schedule conflict, he invited Stephen Chow, who was at the peak of the day, was in full swing at that time.
In order to match Stephen Chow's nonsensical style, Johnnie To and Stephen Chow thought of a lot of funny plots on the set, but Johnnie To, who has a strong realistic complex, It is difficult for him to blend with Stephen Chow with the nonsensical style. Johnnie To likes a realistic ending, and Stephen Chow likes a happy ending.
Originally, there was a finale of Song Shijie and his wife's death, but Stephen Chow disagreed, and both sides made concessions, which was what we saw.
is just that although "Jigong Dead" broke the Hong Kong box office record at that time, when the two collaborated on filming " Jigong ", Johnnie To still publicly stated that they would no longer cooperate with Stephen Chow. Although part of the reason is that "Jigong" caused investors to lose money, another reason is that it is difficult for them to get along.
The whole film has a strict logic. It should be the most rigorous movie with the most stringent lines and plots that Stephen Chow has starred. For example, in "The Gambler 2: The Gambler of the Beach", Wei Zhongxian can travel to the modern world without getting old, but at the end Ru Meng cannot travel back to the modern world.
"The Dead Official" actually tells the story of three cases in which Song Shijie participated.
The first case: a case of traiting a dog injury.
Strictly speaking, this cannot be said to be a case because there is no case of being promoted to court. Young Master Bin bought a vicious dog from abroad and instigated the vicious dog to steal meat, and even bit the vendor in one bite. The vendor rushed away the evil dog in a hurry. Not only did Mr. Bin not only refused to admit his mistake, but he also asked the poor vendor for 300 taels of silver.
Seeing that the vendor could not deal with it, Song Shijie, played by Stephen Chow, made a grand appearance. He was able to face a bad guy like Young Master Bin. Song Shijie played a trick to get. He first said that he would buy a dog from Citiguo . The hawker would have to pay at least 500 taels for various costs.
His young master Bin was so happy. However, at this time, Song Shijie started his performance. His eyes met with Afu, and then Afu stepped forward and bit his butt. The pained Young Master Bin drove Afu away. At this time, Song Shijie began to perform.
1 In a few words, the positions of the plaintiff and the defendant were changed, which shows Song Shijie's strength. During the dispute, a flower plate fell from the sky and was about to hit Young Master Bin's head. It seemed that the problem of throwing objects from high places had already occurred in , the Qing Dynasty .
At this time, my sister Anita Mui finally made a brilliant debut! The detail of Johnnie To using Anita Mui’s foot tofu shows that her sister’s martial arts skills are very good. light skills are the best in the world.
Sister flew and knocked Young Master B into the dung pile. On the one hand, she saved Young Master B, and on the other hand, she showed the meaning of punishment.
Here it implies that Song Shijie and his wife are a good couple, but no matter which era they were in, lawyers are the same as lawyers, and they are both professions that use money to eliminate disasters for others. Therefore, in ancient times, lawyers had the derogatory term "skeleton".
In this context, the kind Song Shijie and his wife will bow to reality.
Then there is the second case.
Because he often helps powerful people to fight injustice lawsuits, turning black and white, Song Shijie was punished by God, and all the 12 sons born to him and his wife died before the age of 1.
Now they have another son. Mrs. Song is anxious. In order not to let the younger son who is less than 1 year old repeat the tragic fate of his brothers, Mrs. Song urges Song Shijie to finish the pen and withdraw from the world.
It is said that they gave birth to 13 sons in a row. The sows raised by the eldest lady Wang’s house at the entrance of the village are not as good as that.
However, they will come to whatever they are afraid of. Chen Dawen, the son of local wealthy Chen Xiangfu, and Zhang Xiaosi, the son of Zhang Biao, the common people. The two of them fought. As a result, Zhang Xiaosi was seriously injured and died after returning home because of his weak body.
The rich man Chen Xiangfu, who knew he was in the wrong, started to operate. Soon he pushed two trucks of white gold to find Song Shijie. Faced with the huge temptation, Song Shijie couldn't control it, and he really gave too much.
soon, both sides went to court, Song Shijie once again showed his ability to change concepts and reverse black and white. That's what he said.
This time, Song Shijie also easily changed the positions of the plaintiff and the defendant. Just looking at Song Shijie's expression, he no longer refuted the relaxed and joyfulness of Mr. Bin.
There are two details here. The first detail is that Song Shijiefei beat Chen Dawen in front of him. Although he used this as an argument to refute him, he also wanted to help Zhang Xiaosi vent his anger.
And when the county magistrate asked Zhang Biao's son Zhang Xiaosi not to do it again, Song Shijie shed a tear.
It was this tear that made Stephen Chow win the Best Actor at the 12th Hong Kong Film Awards and also won the Best Actor at the Asia Pacific Film Festival. It is worth mentioning that although Stephen Chow was at its peak in Hong Kong at that time, in the eyes of some people, Stephen Chow was just a comedian, not a real actor. With this tear, Stephen Chow successfully proved himself that he was the best actor every year and Stephen Chow for a hundred years, and it was not a fame. The climax of the
video comes from this last case.
Yang Xiuzhen’s husband was murdered, and this case almost cost Song Shijie his life.
The case of this case was not complicated at first, but through the description of my sister Mrs. Song, we can easily get involved.
OK, Xiaosheng was also surrounded by it. Simply put, Yang Xiuzhen's husband was poisoned to death by his brother and sister-in-law, and his brother was Lord Tian, the governor of Shanxi.
What is the current official of the Shanxi Provincial Administration? The Shanxi Provincial Administration of the Ming Dynasty period was equivalent to the current governor . In the Qing Dynasty, the Shanxi Provincial Administration of the Shanxi Provincial Administration was equivalent to the executive vice governor.
Under the operation of Lord Tian, under the background of the late Qing Dynasty official prime minister, Yang Xiuzhen, as the victim, actually became the "murderer" who poisoned her husband!
Here, Johnnie To and Stephen Chow also joined forces to satirize the corrupt officialdom of the late Qing Dynasty, and in the film, there are many other satirical things like this.
The background picture of the opening and ending staff list, do you think it is "Along the River During the Qingming Festival"? In fact, this is the " Suzhou Funny Picture " by Xu Yang, a court painter in the Qing Dynasty. It depicts the prosperous scene of the Kangxi and Qianlong eras of , but combined with the subsequent plot.
At this time, more than a hundred years have passed since the Kangxi and Qianlong era. The Qing court has become decadent and dark, and officials and officials guard the people from time to time.
There are also two couplets hanging in the county magistrate's yamen. The first one says "People value officials but not officials, and virtue is superior to talent but not talent is superior to virtue." It comes from the Minister of Rites and the Grand Secretary of the Dongge in the Ming Dynasty Wanli .
Li Tingji is one of the few honest officials and virtuous ministers in my country's history. This couplet shows that officials know that the important thing is to cultivate themselves and be both morally and be a true parent.
The latter copy says "Shame is always good, morality is joy and worry-free." , from the family preaching of the Wang family of Lingshi County, Shanxi Province, which shows that officials should know integrity, shame and morality, so that they can be a good official.
However, in these two righteous couplets, the old county magistrate convicted a confused case, which was very ironic.
Soon, in order to rehabilitate the unjust case, Song Shijie was sent to jail and was almost killed. Mrs. Song, who was big on the belly, brought people to protect Song Shijie and contributed the most exciting martial arts scene to the whole film.
Song Shijie's life was saved, but he went crazy. The rivalry between Wu Mengda and Stephen Chow is one of the most classic scenes in the whole play.
Song Shijie of course was not crazy, he just escaped from prison by pretending to be crazy.
The most important evidence for Song Shijie to win this lawsuit is a letter written by the Shanxi Provincial Administration Secretary to Guangzhou County Magistrate He Ru, and 5,000 taels of silver for bribery.
Shanxi Provincial Administration sent two conjoined infant subordinates to make a fatal mistake. They lived in the inn opened by Song Shijie together. Otherwise, how could it be called a stick? Song Shijie's wealth is already very considerable. At midnight, Song Shijie stole the letter, stole the letter, and copied it again.
However, when presenting evidence, Song Shijie encountered a very difficult problem, that is, according to Da Qing law , anyone who peeks at official documents must dig out their eyes. Song Shijie was unwilling to dig out his eyes, but if he didn't dig out, according to the Qing Dynasty's laws, Song Shijie would be a false accusing the imperial court of apology and had to cut off his tongue.
Song Shijie was in a dilemma, and seemed to be collapsed. He knelt in the hall. At this moment, Song Shijie and his wife changed their daughter's diapers, but a ingot of official silver fell out.
It turns out that everything just happened to be just a pretended by Song Shijie. is to take advantage of Mrs. He Ru's greed to deceive He Ru Da to accept bribes. If it is not allowed in modern times, such a way of inducing confession, it cannot be regarded as evidence even if the prisoner accidentally tells it. Similar plots are also reflected in Stephen Chow's other movie " is considered dead grass ".
But at this time, Song Shijie had already won. As a genius lawyer, how could he not understand the laws of the Qing Dynasty?
Song Shijie successfully turned the tables, captured He Ruda, Shanxi Provincial Administration and others' fear in their hearts, and successfully realized the transformation between the plaintiff and the defendant.
Several officials at the scene dared not read the letter. The matter was clear and the evidence was formed. The eight government inspectors who claimed to be as clear as water and as bright as mirrors should have been handled impartially. was dismissed from office and investigated, but he said two meaningful words. Snippets like
seem to be happy, but without Johnnie To, the ending would be even better, because Johnnie To prefers a realistic ending.
Now Xiaosheng answers the question at the beginning. When Song Shijie and his wife went to court, although the people sent chrysanthemums to commemorate the deceased, there was another flower language for chrysanthemums, , that means integrity and unyielding, representing Song Shijie's fear of power.
At the end of the film, Song Shijie and his wife took their children to visit the graves. Through the plot, we know that Song Shijie had a total of 13 children died, and there were 13 tombstones on the scene, but through the frozen picture, we can see that there were only 8 children on the scene, so Song Shijie and his wife really brought their children to visit the graves.
