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The Accused Uncle Shangang

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1994 Chinese film

The Accused Uncle Shangang


Traditional Chinese	被告山杠爺
Simplified Chinese	被告山杠爺
Literal meaning	father Shangang the defendant

Hanyu Pinyin	bèigào Shāngāng yé
Jyutping	pei5 gou3 saan1 gong1 je4


Directed by	Fan Yuan
Starring	Meng Li Li Rentang Hua Yang
Production company	Emei Film Studio
Release date	1994 (1994)
Country	China
Language	Mandarin

The Accused Uncle Shangang (Chinese: 被告山杠爺) is a 1994 Chinese film about life in rural China. It won three of the 1995 Golden Rooster Awards, for Best Picture, Best Directorial Debut (Fan Yuan), and Best Actor (Li Rentang).^[1] It also won Best Picture and Best Actor at the 1995 Hundred Flowers Awards.

Plot summary

Village Chief Shangang is not a bad man, but he often metes out justice as he sees it without regard to the law. To punish a woman accused of beating and otherwise abusing her old mother-in-law, Shangang has her bound and exhibited in the village in humiliating fashion, after which the woman hangs herself in front of his door. Her husband threatens to report Shangang to higher authorities, and eventually prosecutors Su Qiang and Xiao Ding come to investigate after being tipped off by an anonymous letter. They find that they have to take Shangang away for his illegal treatment of the woman, and when the villagers complain, Shangang himself tells them to uncomplainingly accept the law.