Mortuary Blues
1990 · 92 MIN · IMDB 5.8 · 200 VOTES · DIR. Jeffrey Lau Chun-Wai
Overview
On a remote island off Hong Kong, its rich and happy inhabitants are celebrating an annual ritual by staging an operatic show. The island is not productive but its people are rich. No wonder police chief Yuan Kuei becomes suspicious. He thinks he is sitting on top of a narcotics ring. His two men are ordered to watch closely movement of the opera people. Little does the chief know that actually the islanders are living off the loot their ancestors made by raiding a government gold galleon some centuries ago. They buried much of the treasure and a dormant vampire under a pagoda......
Dialogue Timeline — 988 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:01:13 They say you always reap what you sow 300 years ago your village ancestor
00:04:54 Shih?
00:08:01 Yes, a ship named Harvest Theatrical Troupe is mooring
00:10:28 He hs a poor memory & can't digest the knowledge
00:12:49 Master, didn't you help me? Yes, l did
00:15:13 You'll be bailed out not later than tomorrow
00:17:50 l can't. She thought l was a foreigner
00:21:17 Fix things up at once
00:24:19 l've never seen such a man Are you trying to clean yourself?
00:27:01 l now hear sounds of drippings
00:30:35 l've found you at last Let's be straight. Make an offer
00:33:27 lt works
00:36:48 l see. He needs the moonlight to survive. Without it the withers
00:40:31 What does it say?
00:46:07 Don't ever move
00:48:45 Right, yours is big and airy Take good care of them
00:51:23 l may change color again if l take something wrong
00:53:56 How clumsy you are
00:58:20 The last chance, go now
01:07:11 We're rich
01:11:37 The sword is with him
01:14:40 Go now
01:18:22 Unsheathe it
03:00:07 Okay
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed988
Dialogue density10.7 lines / min
First line00:01:13
Final line03:00:07
Production Record
DirectorJeffrey Lau Chun-Wai
LanguageChinese
IMDb votes200