Yan Ruisheng backdrop image

Yan Ruisheng

DramaDocumentary
0.0·1921·1h 40m

In the summer of 1920, Shanghai was scandalized by a sensational murder, a high-profile case and subsequent trial that was the ongoing topic of conver...

Play

Watch Now

Server:

If video doesn't load, try another server

Cast

Shouzhi Chen

Shouzhi Chen

No photo

Shao Peng

Wang Caiyun

Wang Caiyun

Kengfu Gu

Kengfu Gu

DIRECTOR

Pengnian Ren

OVERVIEW

In the summer of 1920, Shanghai was scandalized by a sensational murder, a high-profile case and subsequent trial that was the ongoing topic of conversation in the city's numerous cafes, clubs and teahouses. Among the various reasons for its notoriety, two stand out: first, the victim was a high-class prostitute, well known in Shanghai; second, the murderer had been a mid-level manager in a respected foreign firm, a playboy who in Manhattan might have been termed a "prominent young man about town." There were detailed press reports daily as the case wound its way through the judicial system.