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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 humour and one of the richest visual palettes of the 1990s.
Special Features:
New 4K restoration from the original 35mm colour interpositive
New video interview with director Wayne Wang
New video interview with co-writer/co-director Spencer Nakasako & Wang
Original full-length chase sequence
Trailer
New English subtitle translation
- Starring
- Wayne Wang
- Region
- Region B
- Publisher
- Elevation Sales
- Genre
- Films cinema|Humour
- Colour
- Colour
- Publication Date
- 21 Jul 2025
- Catalogue No
- ARB001BD
- Date Published
- 21 Jul 2025
- _format_code
- BRRLE
- Format
- [Blu-ray / Restored (Limited Edition)]
- Country
- United States of America
- UK Certification
- TBC
- Edition
- Restored (Limited Edition)
- Duration
- 85
- Year of Release
- (1989)
- Number of Items
- 1 disc(s)
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