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Genres
Overview
When a Hong Kong teenager from a poor family wins a trip to Japan, he unleashes a chain of events that will soon bring him from his secluded fishing village to Tokyo. On the way, he connects with a barely competent tour guide and a gender-fluid pickpocket. Upon returning home with this merry band of schemers, he and his family of counterfeiters discover that a multinational conglomerate led by a ruthless Japanese developer has found the village, and is determined to raze it to build the new center of world trade.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
120 min
Release Date
1990-09-15
Status
Released
Original Language
Japanese
Vote Count
4
Vote Average
6
Reiko Arai
Tse Wai-Kit
Li Cheong
Chui Kwong Lam
Tuen
Michiko Suzuki
Tsang Mei Kie
Toshinori Kondo
Hideo Murota
Cheung Wing-Kwan
Lee Wai Lam
Chan Leung-Shing
Takako Noda
Wonder Woo
Ho Pak-Kwong
Grandpa
Zenji Ono
W.S. Pang
Yoko Shinfune
Hiroko Matsui
Bob Moore
Steve Burton
Kanji Okumura
Rumi Ôtori
Kurt Wetzel
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