Executioner's Strange Talk
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Executioner's Strange Talk

5.5 / 10 2022NR Chinese
Drama

Storyline

The executioner Xie Qi, who is in charge of the ghost-headed knife, will encounter the ghost of a woman who is back for revenge because he killed the female prisoner during the taboo of three quarters of noon. The people of the town were very angry and blamed Xie Qi for all the inauspicious things that happened. Xie Qi wants to use the old method of stitching up the human head back to its body and subsequently burn it to pacify the female ghost, but unexpectedly the human head was stolen, and the body sewer was killed. The case of the town’s wealthy merchants grave moving and the girl’s disappearance, things start coming together, and Xie Qi is now in grave danger…

Cast & Crew

Wang Jiusheng

Wang Jiusheng

Xie Qi

Lead
Cao Xiyue

Cao Xiyue

Nine Younger Sister

Li Tianyu

Li Tianyu

Zhe Gu

Lin Fengye

Lin Fengye

Tian Bao

Gao Xuanming

Gao Xuanming

Han Sheng

Billy Lau Nam-Kwong

Billy Lau Nam-Kwong

Apollo Yu Bo

Apollo Yu Bo

Wang Qian

Chen Zihan

Chen Zihan

Pei Rong

What People Are Saying

3.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Zhao Cong's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. Executioner's Strange Talk is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker