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Life Is Cheap... But Toilet Paper Is Expensive 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. LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY 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 Newly improved English subtitle translation Limited edition booklet with new writing by Aliza Ma Limited edition slipcover - exclusive to radiancefilms.co.uk Add any three of our July releases (The Beast to Die, Rosa la rose, fille publique, Essential Polish Animation and Life Is Cheap... But Toilet Paper Is Expensive) to cart to receive 10% off. Discount automatically applied at cart. Ends May 7th. Members receive a 10% discount and this can be applied at checkout using the code MEMBERS. You must use the account you used to buy your member package for the code to be valid. Year: 1989 Country: USA Cert: 18 Format: Blu-ray Region: B ARB001BDLE EAN: 5060974680832 Release date: 21/07/25
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Life Is Cheap... But Toilet Paper Is Expensive (1989)
83 min
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.