Screenplay:
Spencer NakasakoCinematography:
Amir MokriComposer:
Mark AdlerCast:
Spencer Nakasako, Cora Miao, Victor Wong, Dennis Dun, Allen Fong, Angela Yu, Lo Lieh, Chung LamVOD (1)
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Exploding a seemingly simple premise - a nameless “cowboy” courier (Spencer Nakasako) arrives in pre-Handover Hong Kong to deliver a mysterious briefcase to a mercurial Mob boss whilst becoming entangled with his femme fatale mistress (Cora Miao) – independent filmmaking legend Wayne Wang’s Life is Cheap… But Toilet Paper is Expensive barrels through inspired genre deconstruction guerrilla docu-fiction and fierce political jeremiad all with a keen sense of humor and one of the richest visual palettes of the 1990s. Tracking the Man-with-no-name’s increasingly byzantine mission across every level of the city’s social strata we’re introduced fortune families cabdrivers hustlers butchers and more each punctuating the high-octane Neo-noir narrative with instantly memorable monologues that capture a now-distant era in Hong Kong history. (Arbelos)
(more)Cast
Cora Miao
China
Best movies:
Boat People (1982)
The Terrorizers (1986)
Victor Wong
USA
Best movies:
The Last Emperor (1987)
Seven Years in Tibet (1997)
The Joy Luck Club (1993)
Dennis Dun
USA
Best movies:
Beauty and the Beast (1991)
The Last Emperor (1987)
Prince of Darkness (1987)
Allen Fong
Hong Kong
Angela Yu
China
Best movies:
Tragic Hero (1987)
All in the Family (1975)
Lo Lieh
Indonesia
Best movies:
Dangerous Encounters of the First Kind (1980)
The Lady Hermit (1971)
The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (1978)
Chung Lam
Macau
Best movies:
The Killer (1989)
A Better Tomorrow II (1987)
Bullet in the Head (1990)