Ban Ba Jian Dao 半把剪刀

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The story takes place in 1930s Shanghai French Concession. The mansion of silk tycoon Xu Qing-Dao is festively decorated for the wedding of his son Xu Tian-Ci (Liu Xiao-Feng). Xu Tian-Ci, a brilliant scholar of Dongwu University, is marrying Cao Ya-Nan, the beloved daughter of Cao Jin-Tang, deputy commander of the Ningbo garrison. But on their wedding night Cao Ya-Nan dies, the killer vanishes without a trace, and half a pair of scissors is left behind in the bridal chamber. Cao Jin-Tang has the helpless Xu Tian-Ci dragged to the authorities.
In court, the young and beautiful female lawyer Dong Mei (Tian Hai-Rong) argues that the incomplete murder weapon cannot support a conviction, defeating the plaintiff. Cao Jin-Tang is determined to have Xu Tian-Ci sentenced to death and spares no expense in lavish bribery. At the second hearing, Xu Tian-Ci is sentenced to death. On the day of execution, a woman who calls herself Sang Lan-Qi suddenly comes forward to confess. The innocent Tian-Ci waits for death in prison. Yet at the third hearing, another person suddenly turns himself in and reveals an injustice buried for eighteen years, and the case takes a dramatic turn.