Tenn Kong-Hui is a private detective who uses people’s shady pasts to blackmail them. Tai-Giok is a secretary to a steel company’s chairman, and a dangerous character. When she and Kong-Hui break up, he begins collecting evidence against her, and in the process unearths the dirty secrets of the peop...(Read more)
Tenn Kong-Hui is a private detective who uses people’s shady pasts to blackmail them. Tai-Giok is a secretary to a steel company’s chairman, and a dangerous character. When she and Kong-Hui break up, he begins collecting evidence against her, and in the process unearths the dirty secrets of the people associated with her. One day, Kong-Hui is found dead in his apartment. There are five suspects but all of them have alibis. Just when the police seem to have hit a dead end, a sixth suspect emerges….
After the success of May 13th, Night of Sorrow (1965), LIN Tuan-Chiu adapted a Japanese film into this gripping detective mystery of love affairs, greed and murder However, LIN was not satisfied with the finished film, so it never received a theatrical release. But its’ complicated relationships in a modern society, and its riveting plot twists, still resonate today. All aspects from the characters, performances, costume and makeup to production design are well-executed, and the elaborate interior sets, expressionistic lighting and smooth jazz soundtrack turn 1960’s Taipei into an exciting, bourgeois metropolis.
Available Formats: DVD, Blu-ray and DCP
Chinese title: | 六個嫌疑犯 |
Year: | 1965 |
Director: | LIN Tuan-Chiu |
Duration: | 108min |
Length: | Feature |
Category: | Fiction |
Genre: | Crime & Gangster |
Theme: | Gender、The City、Society |
Color: | B & W |
Format: | DVD |
Sound: | Mono |
Language: | Taiwanese |
Subtitle: | Chinese, English |
Producer: | CAI Ciu-Lan |
Actors: | WU Dong-Ru, ZHANG Pan-Yang, YI Yuan, LAI De-Nan, ZHANG Qing-Qing, CHEN Yun-Qing, XIA Qin-Xin, BAI Xuei, Kai Yin |
Screenplay: | LIN Yi-Yun |
Camera: |
LAI Cheng-Ying, CHEN Zheng-Fang, JIAN Rong-Tian |
Music: | TSENG Chung-Ying |
Excluded for public screenings: | Licensed to all regions except: Taiwan, China (not including Hong Kong and Macau) |
Royalty period: | June 1, 2018 – May 31, 2023 |
Licensing contact: | The film is for non-profit screening only. Regarding the conditions for screening, please contact Taiwan Cinema Toolkit:toolkit@mail.tfi.org.tw For commercial licensing, please contact Taiwan Film and Audiovisual Institute: service@mail.tfi.org.tw |
Festival list: | 2018 Woman Make Waves Film Festival, Taiwan |