國影電影編號：M202210022

放映規格：35mm

級別：輔15級

片長：127分鐘

發音：國語

字幕：中、英字

阿嬰 Ming Ghost

邱剛健 CHIU Kang-chien │ 臺灣Taiwan │ 1990 │ 35mm │ Colour │ 127min

★1991 第28屆金馬獎最佳造型設計提名

本片以強烈的影像與表演風格展開。故事背景約在明朝，孩提時的阿嬰目睹了出軌的母親，被身為知縣的父親處以木驢之刑。至此守貞成為她的精神桎梏。直到阿嬰成為少婦，與丈夫封青雲新婚半月，在返家探望父親的途中，在一棵枯樹下被強姦及殺害；由於夫妻未回到家，知縣派出主簿與捕頭沿路找尋，發現了封青雲的屍體，再依各項線索找到窺視命案的貨郎洗小劫、好色強盜雄豔等人，並以道士附身來召喚封青雲審案，因而開始了一連串案情與心理的偵察。

本片取材自黑澤明的經典之作《羅生門》，該片又改編自芥川龍之介的兩篇短篇小說，形成「不可信任之敘事者」的故事結構。創作初期參與過實驗電影拍攝的邱剛健，在其版本的《阿嬰》加入了性事、慾望與傳統貞節觀念等議題，對影評人焦雄屏而言，阿嬰這個角色的處理，明確暗示經過1960年代「性革命」、「性解放」的創作者的心理執迷，並且反映到該片的美學裡。

★ Nomination for Best Costume Design, Golden Horse Awards

The film is a demonstration of CHIU’s characteristics in both cinematic and performative styles. In the Ming Dynasty, Ah Ying (Joey WANG) is mentally tortured to be a perfect virgin for witnessing her unfaithful mother brutally punished by her father, the judge of the county. The story focuses on Ah Ying, who just got married and is traveling with her husband to her hometown. Halfway through the journey, they are under attack being raped and murdered. Because the couple fails to arrive, the judge sends his officers to search for the couple. The officers find the corpse of the husband. Clues lead to a trader who peeks into the incident and an attacker with lustful hunger. To investigate the facts and motivations, the judge even asks a priest for help. They summon the husband’s soul and question him about the details.

Inspired by the epic film Rashomon (1950) directed by Akira Kurosawa and adapted from two short stories written by Ryunosuke Akutagawa. The “unreliable narrators” tell the same incident from different angles. CHIU, who had participated in making experimental films in the early stage of his career, encompassed subjects on sexuality, desire, and chastity. Film critic Peggy CHIAO points out the female role Ah Ying signifies what CHIU obsesses about; sexual liberation in the 1960s not only influences creators but manifests itself in the aesthetics.