CHINESE-LANGUAGE RESTORED CLASSICS 華語修復經典

1972 | Mandarin | Colour | DCP | 99min Director Producer Hu Cheng-Ting Scriptwriter Chang Yung-Hsiang Cinematographer Lai Cheng-Ying Editor Chen Hung-Min Production designer Chou Chih-Liang Music Saito Ichiro Sound Huang Chin-Chih Cast Ou Wei, Tang Pao-Yun, Ko Hsiang-Ting, Fu Pi-Hui Production Ta Chung Motion Picture Co. Print Source Taiwan Film and Audiovisual Institute 導演 李行 監製 胡成鼎 編劇 張永祥 攝影 賴成英 剪接 陳洪民 美術 鄒志良 音樂 齋藤一郎 音響 黃金治 演員 歐威、唐寶雲、葛香亭、傅碧輝

Execution in Autumn Qiujue 秋決

Director Li Hsing has always been an advocate for traditional [影評摘錄] Chinese family values and morals. In the early 1970s, Lee, insisting 向來在作品中謹守中國傳統家庭倫理觀念的導演李行， on his principles, decided to make , a period 在 1970 年代初期抱着孤注一擲的執念，開拍了這部在 ethical drama, which became the ultimate embodiment of Li’s 當時被認為「完全不符合時代潮流」和「完全不具有市 integrity and artistic creativity. […] 場價值」的古裝人生哲理片，可以說是他個人性格和藝 By today’s standards, the leitmotif is very conservative and the moral 術精神的終極體現。沒想到這個超級純真之舉，最後竟 of the film is rather explicitly expressed. Nevertheless, this method 出人意料的大受觀眾歡迎，藝文界尤其反應熱烈，公映 was not only taken for granted but praised at that time. Setting aside 之後叫好叫座，成為台灣電影中最重要的代表作之一。 the ideology expressed in the film, it is a serious production and 以今日的眼光看來，本片的主題其實頗為保守，說教的 the aesthetic achievements are undeniable. It is a straightforward 方式也未免過於直白，但在當年的台灣社會卻被認為理 story but each of the main character has a distinctive personality 所當然，甚至普遍受到稱頌。若撇開見仁見智的意識形 and function in the film. Everything in the film centres on the theme 態不談，則本片在製作上的嚴謹以及在電影美學上的表 of life and death; the change of the seasons reflects the spiritual 現，確有其令人尊崇之處。全片故事簡單，場景集中， journey Fe Gang is going through. The film is well-structured; the 幾個主角的性格和戲劇功能均鮮明突出，自始至終緊扣 images, music and acting are composed in such harmony that the 生死主題，四季景物的變化烘托着裴剛的心性轉變，結 course of the events is vividly chronicled. 構完整，音畫與演出的配合恰當地呈現出一種時移事往 […] Fe Gang’s “enlightenment” is the core of the film and it is 的感覺，在國片中不可多得。 the fruit of the love of two women (Grandmother and Lien), the 裴剛的感悟過程，無疑是本片的精神核心。編導透過老 preaching of two men (the scholar and the prison guard) and the 奶奶和蓮兒這兩位女性分別表現出的一剛一柔的愛；書 inspiration from the cycle of seasons and the new life in Lien’s 生與牢頭這兩位男性各自代表的理性與感性的教化力 womb. 量，加上老天透過四時變化和蓮兒懷孕表現出來的生命 Liang Liang 啟發，諸種力量的交錯作用下才使裴剛終在死前悟道。 The River of Shadow and Light: Greatest Chinese-Language Films 梁良 《光影的長河：影史百大經典華語電影》

LI Hsing was born in in 1930, and moved to Taiwan in 1948. He co-directed his SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY 主要作品 first film, Brother Liu and Brother Wang on the Roads in Taiwan with Chang Fang-Hsia and 1965 養鴨人家 in 1958. He won seven Golden Horse Awards for Best Feature Film, and was 1972 Execution in Autumn 秋決 named Best Director three times. 1978 He Never Gives Up 汪洋中的一條船 李行 1930 年生於上海，48 年遷居台灣。曾任記者，58 年首執導筒，與張方霞、田豐合導 1979 The Story of a Small Town 小城故事 《王哥柳哥遊台灣》。曾三度榮獲金馬獎最佳導演，並有七部執導作品獲金馬獎最佳劇情片， 1979 Good Morning, Taipei 早安台北 其健康寫實風格對台灣影壇影響深遠。

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