Blood Stained Shoes () is a 2012 Chinese horror film directed by Raymond Yip. Set in the 1930s, it tells the tale of a series of strange murders revolving around a pair of embroidered shoes.
Cast
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
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
October 2011, Blood Stained Shoes invited Golden Rooster Award as Top 5 most anticipated movies. Blood Stained Shoes had its premiere in Beijing on March 16, 2012. The film will receive wide release on March 31, 2012.
Reception
"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