A murder in broad daylight ignites 50 years of buried secrets that refuse to stay dead.
In 2006, Detective Chang leads a police investigation into a murder committed in a public marketplace. Chang discovers the victim's father has ties to several other families with dead or missing members, and a grim espionage case buried for 50 years in Taiwan's past. Meanwhile, the kidnapped Mr. Hsu is interrogated by a mysterious mastermind. As the truth emerges, the embers of history become a deadly wildfire.
Direction
Chung Mong-hong's surgical precision in dread-building.
Cinematography
Shadow-soaked frames that suffocate with unspoken guilt.
Acting
Chang Chen's haunted stillness anchors the unraveling.
Director
Chung Mong-hong
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