The narrative centers on an innocent young bride, Little Cabbage, who is falsely accused of murdering her husband, a butcher named Ge Xiaoda. The film's most notorious plot point involves the "method" of murder: a corrupt magistrate’s son and Yang’s jealous wife conspire to overdose the husband with a powerful aphrodisiac, causing his penis to explode during a sexual encounter.
As the case unfolds, a corrupt judge subjects Little Cabbage and Yang to increasingly creative and gruesome methods of physical punishment to force a confession and shield the true culprits. Iconic Elements and "Category III" Excess full a chinese torture chamber story 1994 top
What separates this film from a standard period piece is its total lack of restraint. It is widely remembered for several "only in Hong Kong" sequences: The narrative centers on an innocent young bride,