The film is adapted from the Cantonese opera “The Judge of Death”, which tells the story of Song Shijie, a famous lawyer in Guangzhou, who used to fight for the guilty rich people to get away from the crime for the sake of his family’s livelihood and was condemned by the heaven, which led to the early death of more than ten sons one after another, and then, after the advice of his wife, who has a sense of justice with a kind heart, he helped to redress the injustice of a woman in distress from Shanxi, and finally made the bad guys to be sanctioned by law, by fighting with the other side through his unique skills of defending the case. Through his unique courtroom defense skills, he fights with the other side and finally makes the bad guys be sanctioned by the law.
The plot and style of this movie are very similar to that of “The Nine-Pin Sesame Official”, but in comparison, “The Inquisitor” has fewer laughs and is relatively less entertaining.
1992 / Hong Kong, China / Comedy Costume / Johnnie To / Stephen Chow Anita Mui
Plot Summary:
Sung Sai Kit (Stephen Chow) is a famous lawyer during the Qing Dynasty. His excellent eloquence and ability allow him to criticize the big officials at the Yamen and to redress the grievances of many people.
Even though he is dissatisfied with the corruption and darkness of the officialdom at that time, he still accepts a lot of bribes, some of which are still unethical money, and all of them are retributed to his own sons, more than a dozen of whom he can’t afford to raise.
His wife (Anita Mui), for the sake of the child in her womb, categorically asks him to close his pen on this and not to be a great scholar again.
Although Sung Sai Kit is extremely reluctant, he still agrees to his wife’s request.
When his wife meets a widow (Carrie Ng) who is full of grievances, she asks her husband, Sung Sai Kit, to fight for the widow in order to sympathize with the woman, and Sung Sai Kit is forced to go back to work.
In the process of redressing the widow’s grievances, he once again sees the darkness of the officialdom, and almost plagiarizes his family and gets himself killed. ……
