The Enigmatic Case

1980 · 88 MIN · IMDB 5.9 · 110 VOTES · DIR. Johnnie To Kei-Fung

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Overview

An imprisoned swordsman is accused of killing three men. He probably would have already been executed for his crimes but is kept alive because he knows the whereabouts of hidden gold.

Dialogue Timeline — 435 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:05:11 Are you going to say anything?
00:07:28 Eat.
00:13:13 for his ruthlessness.
00:21:09 And you?
00:25:25 What are you up to?
00:29:02 We'll help you.
00:33:21 You take me wrong.
00:35:58 but I come for my own innocence.
00:41:48 Of course, that old man is not match of ours!
00:43:03 I won't take the gold.
00:45:00 Poor and rich.
00:46:12 Where does she lives?
00:50:30 He said he'd return after delivering the gold, but he's dead.
00:55:20 No, sir.
00:59:36 Chase.
01:02:28 as illusion of my death.
01:03:34 Daughter of Yu I Ju.
01:07:56 Chief?
01:09:55 Lu, you were used.
01:10:58 When the regime was in chaos.
01:14:31 Take me to him.
01:16:49 Explain the whole thing first.
01:20:26 The gold belongs to the peasants, to whom it should return.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed435
Dialogue density4.9 lines / min
First line00:05:11
Final line01:20:26

Production Record

DirectorJohnnie To Kei-Fung
LanguageChinese
IMDb votes110