The title of this movie actually is: Zai Bei Gao Bei Hou instead of Zhai Bei Gao Bei Hou, and its exact literal translation of the title is: Behind the Accused.
This movie made in the early era of the reform in China is a pioneer in advocating legal reform, and at the same time, it is also a piece of introspection on the disastrous Cultural Revolution. By criticizing the problems of Chinese legal systems caused by the Cultural Revolution, yet still unfixed even though the Cultural Revolution had already ended, this movie points out the urgent need of legal reforms in China, and at the same time, it presents a good work of criticism on the Cultural Revolution.