The Eight-Rank Sesame Official

This film (drama)Also known as七品芝麻官，is aMainland ChinaProducerwomen sex，At1980Released in year 。The dialogue language isMandarin Chinese，Current Douban rating8.5(For reference only)。

Set during the Jiajing era of the Ming Dynasty, the powerful Lady Yan relies on her brother Yan Song's influence in court to allow her son Cheng Xiniu to act tyrannically in Baoding, oppressing the local farmers. Cheng Xiniu claims to be an official from two courts and intends to forcibly marry a local girl, Lin Xiuying, even more viciously murdering his own brother. Du Shiqing, the deputy commander sent by Duke Xu Qiansui to conduct an undercover investigation in Baoding, coincidentally witnesses the scene of Cheng's family abducting Xiuying. A quarrel escalates into a fight, resulting in the local tyrant being accidentally killed by a servant. Upon hearing the news of her son's death, Lady Yan is enraged and vows to kill the entire Lin family. Meanwhile, Lin Xiuying goes to the county office to report the incident at Du's behest. The newly appointed and upright county magistrate Tang Cheng does not fear the authority of the lady and her powerful backers and is determined to uphold justice and restore order in the chaotic world... This film is adapted from the traditional Henan opera "Tang Zhi County Examines the Lady," and won the Best Feature Film Award at the 4th Hundred Flowers Awards in 1981.