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The miserly proprietor Wang ( Ni Dahong) sexually abuses his wife, but when he finds she is unfaithful, he hires a stoic policeman (Sun Hunglei, in the M. Emmett Walsh role) to murder her and her lover … and things just get messier and bloodier and dirtier from there.
A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop: Directed by Yimou Zhang. With Honglei Sun, Shenyang Xiao, Ni Yan, Dahong Ni. The owner of a Chinese noodle shop's scheme to murder his adulterous wife and her lover goes awry.
- DICK STEEL
- 2 min
- Yimou Zhang
Sep 3, 2010 · A visit by a Persian gun salesman sets off a series of fatal double-crosses involving a police deputy, a Chinese restaurateur, his adulterous wife, and a pair of inept employees.
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- Yimou Zhang
- R
- Honglei Sun
Dec 11, 2009 · Overview. Wang is a gloomy, cunning and avaricious noodle shop owner in a desert town in China. His neglected, sharp-tongued wife is involved in a secret affair with Li, one of Wang’s employees. A timid man, Li reluctantly keeps the gun his lover has bought to kill her husband. But Wang is watching their every move.
Set in a Chinese noodle shop in a dune-specked desert, revolves around the restaurant owner's plan to murder his adulterous wife and her lover. 106 IMDb 5.7 1 h 30 min 2010. X-Ray R. International · Suspense · Biting · Strange. Available to rent or buy.
- 90 min
One day, to Li's dismay, she purchases a gun from a Persian merchant, claiming that only Wang's death can guarantee their happiness. Never a match for her biting wit and tongue, Li agrees to hide...
Beginning with an introduction to the important plot element of introducing a gun into the story, a group of Persian merchants come into Wang's (Ni Dahong) noodle shop to sell some wares, and ultimately Wang's Wife (Yan Ni) decides to buy a three-barrelled gun.