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Life Is Cheap... But Toilet Paper Is Expensive (1989)
Directed by Wayne Wang
Crime, Comedy · 1h 23m
A man is hired by a group of people he believes to be gangsters to escort a briefcase from America to Hong Kong. When he arrives, however, his contact is nowhere to be found. With no further instructions, he decides to take in the sights of Hong Kong, which consist of him taking part in a great deal of blood, sex and general weirdness, all while wearing a briefcase handcuffed to his arm.
Cast
Victor Wong
Lo Lieh
Lo Wei
Cora Miao
Allen Fong
Cheng Kwun-Min
Lam Chung
Chan Kim-Wan
Crew
- Director
- Wayne Wang
- Writer
- Spencer Nakasako
- Director of Photography
- Amir Mokri
- Original Music Composer
- Mark Adler
- Editor
- Sandy Nervig
- Producer
- Winnie Mokri
Details
- Release date
- 1989-09-15
- Runtime
- 1h 23m
- Genres
- Crime, Comedy
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- Cantonese, English
- Countries
- Hong Kong, United States of America
- Production
- Forever Profit Investment