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Justice, My Foot!
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Johnnie To
Written by	Sandy Shaw
Starring	Stephen Chow Anita Mui Ng Man Tat Carrie Ng Wong Yat-Fei Bryan Leung
Release date	2 July 1992 (1992-07-02)
Running time	102 minutes
Country	Hong Kong
Language	Cantonese
Box office	$50,212,947

Justice, My Foot! (Chinese: 審死官) is a 1992 Hong Kong comedy film directed by Johnnie To, starring Stephen Chow, Anita Mui and Ng Man Tat.

The film is set in the Qing dynasty and the protagonist is a litigation master, but his work is portrayed more similarly to a Hong Kong lawyer. The movie is based on the book Four Scholars.

Synopsis

Sung is by far the best lawyer in Guangdong and the outlying areas of Southeast China. His skills have earned his family an excellent living, albeit his habit of winning all his cases by whatever means necessary. Because of his shyster ways, none of his sons survived beyond a year old, causing grief for his wife Madam Sung. Upon the death of his 13th son, Sung decides to retire from law and switch to business, opening an inn in the middle of town and a tea stand on the outskirts of the city.

Sung finds it difficult to truly give up his former career, and in his boredom reenacts his final case constantly. A chance encounter between Madam Sung and a woman whose husband was suspiciously murdered revives his hopes of returning to court. However, the case is compounded by corrupt magistrates, who make it their goal to bury the truth. Sung needs all his wits to beat a system that he has embraced for a long time, as well as redeem himself so he can finally start a family.

Cast

• Stephen Chow - Sung Sai Kit
• Anita Mui - Madam Sung
• Ng Man-tat
• Carrie Ng
• Wong Yat Fei - Fu / Ah Fuk
• Bryan Leung
• Eddy Ko
• Paul Chun
• Kingdom Yuen
• Mimi Chu

Awards and nominations

See also

• List of Hong Kong films

References

1. 审死官 $50,212,947
2. Wan, Marco. "Law and Humor in Johnnie To's Justice, My Foot!" (PDF). Cardozo Law Review: 1316.
3. Hu, Lung-Lung (2017). "Another Justice—Litigation Masters in the Chinese Legal Story". Ming Qing Yanjiu. 20 (1): 170 n.15. doi:10.1163/24684791-12340008.

External links

• Justice, My Foot! at the Hong Kong Movie DataBase
• Justice, My Foot! (1992) at Hong Kong Cinemagic
• Justice, My Foot! at IMDb

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