The Painting of Evil

The story

Specialized in abstract art, Hsu Pao-Ching is a middle-aged painter who struggles in his career. By chance, he begins giving at art lessons in a prison, where he discovers that Chou Chang-Ting, one of the inmates, has great talent for painting. He holds am exhibition of Chou’s works, however as Chou committed random attacks and killed several people, a protest is staged against it. In the end, Hsu gets hurt and the exhibition is withdrawn. Hsu cannot understand why the public cannot appreciate art without prejudice and decides to approach the victims’ family. Moreover, Hsu goes to Chou’s old family home in search of the inspiration for Chou’s paintings.

Cast & crew

Tung Ming-hsiangHsu Pao-ching

River HuangChou Cheng-ting

Esther LiuLi Shan-shan

True WangFang Wan-hong

Xavier LinChou Yi-feng

Ho Yu-tienChang Chien-wen

HondurasHuang Bo-tao

Liu Chang-hao

Liu Chang-haoGao Ying-hong

Lou Yi-anLyu Jin-wei

Wang Ming-taiChou Shih-yang