Jordan Cattle Depot Theatre – The Beheaded Smile

Description

“I'll laugh first, then you kill me!”

The story begins at the remote Ming Tian Inn on the border of a war-torn land……

One night, the innkeeper and a female merchant who is a regular patron find themselves in peril and are forced to flee with the innkeeper’s assistant and a servant boy.

On their escape, the four encounter a monk who is determined to prove his Buddhist faith through killing. To protect his companions, the innkeeper sets aside his long-held beliefs and engages in a life-or-death struggle with the monk. Who will survive the clash between a swordsman who chooses not to take revenge and a killer who acts in the name of compassion?

Meanwhile, the remaining three disguise themselves as escorts and set off, each carrying a burdensome past. What secret does the cashier quietly guard in his wooden box? Can the servant boy’s collection of various deities bring salvation? And what unspeakable entanglement exists between the female merchant and the innkeeper?

→ Performed in Cantonese without subtitles.

→ No assigned seating.