Blood Stained Shoes

Blood Stained Shoes
Directed byRaymond Yip
Screenplay byManfred Wong
Yang Mei Wen
Produced byManfred Wong
Liang Ting
StarringRuby Lin
Kara Hui
Monica Mok
Anna Kay
Michael Tong
Xing Minshan
CinematographyZhou Shu Hao
Edited byShiney Yip, Derek Hui
Music byLowell Lo
Production
companies
Star Union Skykee (Beijing) Film & Media Advertisement
Anhui Golden Bull Film & TV Investment
Distributed byShenzhen Zhishang Film & TV Investment
Anhui Golden Bull Film & TV Investment
Shaoxing Sheng Xia Film & TV Cultural
Hefei Radio & TV Investment
Release date
  • March 31, 2012 (2012-03-31)
Running time
86 minutes
CountryChina
LanguageMandarin

Blood Stained Shoes (simplified Chinese: 绣花鞋; traditional Chinese: 繡花鞋; pinyin: Xiù Huā Xié) is a 2012 Chinese horror film directed by Raymond Yip.[1][2][3] Set in the 1930s, it tells the tale of a series of strange murders revolving around a pair of embroidered shoes.

Cast

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  • Ruby Lin as Su Er
  • Kara Hui as Madame Zhen
  • Monica Mok as Xu Shi
  • Anna Kay as He ChuJun
  • Michael Tong as Shen Xuanbai
  • Xing Minshan as Wang Zhiyuan
  • Jing Gangshan as Cheng Nan, Xu Shi's lover
  • Daniel Chan as Shen Xuanqing, Su Er's husband
  • Han Zhi as Ding Dashan
  • Harashima Daichi as Shen Ling
  • Xiao Yuzhen Shen Yi
  • Huang Yiyang as Shen He
  • Cai Jifang as village elder Yuan
  • Dong Jilai as village elder Huang
  • Chen Jinhui as village elder Zhang

Storyline

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This film is set in the 1930s, and starts with a strange murder in a beautiful Jiangnan river delta. At the scene, all that is left is an exquisite pair of embroidered shoes. An innocent seamstress is suspected and put to death, but the bloody murders do not stop.

Release

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  • October 2011, Blood Stained Shoes invited Golden Rooster Award as Top 5 most anticipated movies.[4]
  • Blood Stained Shoes had its premiere in Beijing on March 16, 2012. The film will receive wide release on March 31, 2012.[5]

Reception

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  • "smalltown ghost story that's more interesting for its female cast and its curious structure than anything else. In fact, it's the most interesting part of the film, detailing the smalltown characters, the changing lives of its women and shifting family ties. The ghostly section of the film, with guilty parties dropping dead like flies, is relatively brief and not particularly scary "----Derek Elley, Film Business Asia[6]

References

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  1. ^ Todd Rigney (2012-02-15). "A Slew of Images from the Upcoming Chinese Horror Flick Blood Stained Shoes". BeyondHollywood.com. Archived from the original on 2012-04-23. Retrieved 2012-02-16.
  2. ^ Deljhp (2012-02-10). "New pics from horror thriller BLOOD STAINED SHOES". 24Framespersecond.net. Archived from the original on 2012-05-06. Retrieved 2012-02-16.
  3. ^ Liu Shuai (2012-01-17). "Chilling Ruby Lin in "Blood Stained Shoes"". chinesefilms.cn. Archived from the original on 2012-02-08. Retrieved 2012-02-16.
  4. ^ "第20届金鸡百花电影节开幕 盘点"金鸡百花"历届影后". people daily (china). Retrieved May 17, 2012.
  5. ^ ""Blood Stained Shoes" premieres in Beijing". People. Retrieved March 20, 2012.
  6. ^ Elley, Derek (18 May 2012). "Review: Blood Stained Shoes". Film Business Asia. Archived from the original on 24 October 2015.
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