Synopsis: During the Qing Dynasty, there was a famous litigation stick named Song Shijie (Zhou Xingchi), who dared to criticize the Yamen officials at that time, and used his brilliant talents to sue for justice, although he was dissatisfied with the corruption and darkness of the officialdom, he also accepted bribes and made a lot of money, so that he could not raise more than ten sons. His wife (Mei Yanfang) in order not to force her to close the door and seal her pen after the end, can no longer go to the yamen to handle the case, Song Shijie decided to accept his wife's advice after thinking about it again and again, but then he met a widow (Wu Jiali) who was burdened with thousands of ancient injustices, so he was forced to re-emerge from the jianghu and exert his own skills to make her wronged.
Stills of the inquisitor
Behind the scenes:
1. "The Inquisitor" is actually adapted from the 1948 Cantonese opera "The Inquisitor", and its earliest prototype comes from the Peking opera "Four Soldiers". In the Cantonese opera "Death Judge", Song Shijie is played by the Cantonese opera master Ma Shizeng, and his wife Hongxinnu plays Song Shijie's wife. In the movie "Death Judge", there is a scene where director Du Qifeng gave a close-up to the portrait of Song Shijie's parents, careful observation we can see that the portrait on the wall is actually the same person, many people may think that this is casual, in fact, this is the director paying tribute to the Cantonese opera "Death Judge", and the real identity of the portrait is Ma Shizeng.
2. In the movie "Death Judge", The song Shijie played by Zhou Xingchi is not Shi Banyu Chinese, but the Taiwanese voice actor Li Yong, and the "Jigong" starring Zhou Xingchi is also his voice, but his fame is far less than Shi Banyu, so many people do not know him.
Zhixian played by the inquisitor Uncle Da
3. The original protagonist of the movie "Death Judge" is actually Zhou Runfa, and Zheng Yuling starred in Song Lishi. The story of "The Inquisitor" was also first proposed by Zhou Runfa, and he and director Du Qifeng had many cooperation before, such as "The Story of Ah Lang", "Ji Xing Arch", and "Eight Stars annunciation". However, due to the contract problems between Zhou Runfa and the Golden Princess, he could not participate in the performance, and finally replaced the male and female protagonists with Zhou Xingchi and Mei Yanfang. However, Zhou Xingchi's drama has always been nonsensical style, after changing the role, director Du Qifeng had to revise the script, and this time it took a total of four months before and after the revision of the script, and the shooting cycle of two months.