Six alibis, zero truths, and one detective who's about to lose his mind.
Tenn Kong-Hui is a private eye. Kong-Hui’s ex-lover, Tai-Giok is a personal assistant to a steel company’s chairman. By spying on Tai-Giok, KongHui discovers many dirty secrets of the people who work at the steel company and decides to blackmail each one of them. When Kong-Hui is found dead in his apartment one day, the police detective has identified five suspects. However, as the detective digs further into their stories, he finds that all of them have alibis. Just when the investigation seems to hit a dead end, a sixth suspect suddenly emerges…
Writing
Razor-sharp construction of six interconnected deceptions.
Acting
Cheung Ching-Ching's performance masks everything and nothing.
Director
Lin Tuan-Chiu
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during Taiwan's White Terror period, the film's paranoia about hidden identities and surveillance carried uncomfortable real-world weight for contemporary audiences.
Director Lin Tuan-Chiu reportedly rewrote the ending three times after test audiences guessed the killer too early—the final version was shot in a single frantic night.
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