Programme 12
The Third Person
The Barber
The Barber
Orig Story: Kyotaro Nishimura (The Barber)
Cast: Wong Wan-choi, Lin Weitu, Wong Wai (The Third Person); Kong Chuen, Cheung Shu, Leung Kit-fong (The Barber)
1979 / Colour / D Beta / Cantonese / Around 46 min per episode, totaling 92 min
This programme features two morality tales involving car accident scams. Told from the perspective of a reporter, first episode The Third Person follows a third-party insurance scam concocted by a heartless lawyer and an accomplice pretending to be the victim of a car accident. However, when the accomplice receives only HK$5,000 in settlement instead of the HK$100,000 he was promised, his entire world crumbles. A more eccentric story than what one may expect from Below the Lion Rock, The Barber (based on a novella by Kyotaro Nishimura) follows the story of To Ming-sang, a barber who is blackmailed by a mysterious man after escaping from a car accident he had witnessed. When To hires a private detective to investigate the identity of his blackmailer, he discovers a shocking truth behind the man's motivation.
Date | Time | Venue |
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14/3/2015 (Sat) | 5:00pm | Cinema, Hong Kong Film Archive |
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