國影電影編號：M202304010

放映規格：DCP

級別：保護級

片長：102分鐘

發音：華語

字幕：中英

胡金銓 King HU｜臺灣 Taiwan｜1983｜DCP｜Color｜102min

1983 金馬獎最佳服裝設計 Best Costume Design, Golden Horse Awards

內憂外患的五代十國，周世宗自詡文才武略天下第一，卻因沈迷煉丹術而日漸昏昧，一干忠臣為醫治聖上痼疾，派密使求助天下第一名醫，輾轉又遇上酗酒的天下第一畫家、楚楚可憐的天下第一美女、身手絕妙的天下第一神偷。朝臣之間爾虞我詐，防不勝防，豈料眾人搶救世宗的關鍵解方，竟是設局偷走他身上的天下第一寶玉？

胡金銓以連環套架構譜寫歷史狂想曲，看似刻劃王朝覆滅前的宮廷鬥爭，實則暗諷權力的荒誕與虛幻，當權傾一時的帝王走向癲狂，眾人為救駕四處奔波，卻忽略眼前大局的風雲變色，原似枝微末節的小人物，後來竟成為壓垮帝國的最後一根稻草，令人愕然叫絕。王童操刀本片美術與服裝設計，以精雕細琢的考究及工藝，重現唐末的奢華頹靡。

In 10th century AD, Northern China, the ailing epileptic emperor lies weak and demented in the capital threatened by warring tribes at his borders, while getting addicted to the drugs made by a charlatan alchemist. In order to cure his disease, the prime minister dispatches agents on a secret mission to bring back the only doctor who can cure his ills, setting off a chain of unexpected events in this dizzyingly complex fable of intrigue and satire.