大正九年，蜡笔身穿浴袍的青年（松田洋治 饰）在一间昏暗封闭的房间内醒来，蜡笔隔壁不断传来少女的哀号，他失去了记忆，完全想不起自己的姓名和来历。这时，自称九州帝国大学精神科教授的若林镜太郎（室田日出男 饰）走入房间，他向青年讲述了一件很久以前发生在中国的悲惨故事，并认为远古祖先脑中的记忆通过某种方式传给了这名叫做吴一郎的青年。上一任精神科院长正木（桂枝雀 饰）曾对此进行深入研究。不久，业已死亡的正木博士竟然出现在吴一郎面前，他向一郎提供更多的线索，然而这一切却愈加扑朔迷离……本片根据侦探小说家梦野久作同名作品改编。
回复 :根据霍桑同名短篇小说集改编，纳撒尼尔·霍桑（Nathaniel Hawthorne，1804年7月4日—1864年5月19日），19世纪前半期美国最伟大的小说家，毕业于美国缅因州博多因学院。霍桑的作品都是世界文学史上不可多得的经典名著，代表作品有短篇小说集《古宅青苔》、《重讲一遍的故事》等，长篇小说《红字》、《带七个尖顶的阁楼》、《福谷传奇》、《玉石人像》等。霍桑的短篇小说题材丰富，表现的时代也不同。但他最偏爱的另一大主题是揭示人性之"恶"。他把抽象的"恶"当作一切社会问题的根源。在他看来，一切社会问题，人与人之间的矛盾、犯罪现象等等的根源都不存在于社会物质生活当中，而存在于人性之"恶"。这一观点可以说基本来自加尔文教教义中"原罪"与"内在的堕落"等观念的影响。他认为要消灭外部世界的一切恶行，只有从人心做起，从扫除人之恶做起，声称:"内在世界一旦净化，外在世界激荡着的许多罪恶都会自行消失。"他偏好描写超自然的，怪诞的，恐怖的现象或阴暗反常的心理活动，借以挖掘那隐秘的"恶"。
回复 :At the time of the Polish social regime, a security officer is promoted to work at a prison yard. Introducing concurrently with the narrator; he speaks of himself, his thoughts, his point of view. He tells that he is not afraid of bandits or gangs; on the contrary he gets a kick out armed conflicts. To get a start in his new duty, he shops for a watchdog; and he buys an untrained attack dog as his companion. Then he speaks of the adjudications that the death sentence for fugitives is lacking influence. From his point of view, the judicatory tribunal must execute the fugitives in public. In the morning the next day he wears his uniform and start working with pride.Whilst he is on his duty, a very harmonic music score begins to be played on the piano. The watchman spectates the peaceful life on the street. At that time we catch on that socialism is not a governmental regime; yet it's an uneducated behavior.As a final scene the watchman witnesses of a cadet school's pupils being taught of the democracy. He leaves us with a confused smile.A soft and likable thesis from the Polish director Kieslowski. You can find this short documentary as a special feature in his DVD of A Short Film About Killing. It could help you to compass his film language.
回复 :史毕堡是个绝世桥王，好友高达威却是个有勇无谋的CID。威常被妻阿Kit与“大男人协会”主席毛良道有染，刚巧史又是该会成员，唯有向他求助。史一向鄙视女性，但毛良道亦非善类，能对付他的只有女手下朱歪女……
