Director(s)
Wayne Wang
Production Year
1989
Genre(s)
Comedy
Approx. running minutes
85m
Cast
Chan Kim Wan, John K. Chan, Cheng Kwan Min
Film
Life Is Cheap...But Toilet Paper Is Expensive
strong violence, gory images
A man takes a job delivering a mysterious briefcase to Hong Kong in this 1989 dark comedy.
A man takes a job delivering a mysterious briefcase to Hong Kong in this 1989 dark comedy.
- additional issues
- There are verbal sex references, including to fetishes and sex work, as well as visual allusions to pornography. However, these are not explicit. There is use of strong language ('f**k', 'motherf**ker') as well as milder terms such as 'dick', 'pussy', 'prick', 'cock', 'bitch', 'shit', 'asshole', 'damn' ‘hell’, 'God' and 'jerk'. Breast nudity is visible during a sexualised sequence. References are made to acts of self-harm. A woman describes being the victim of sexual violence. In a disturbing scene, a man is forced to eat fecal matter. There are detailed, bloody scenes of animal butchery, although the scenes were recorded in a butcher's and were not set up for the purposes of the film. A man is seen defecating. There are references to drug smuggling. A person alludes to another attempting to take their own life. References are made to homophobia. People smoke cigarettes throughout, and drink alcohol.
Director(s)
Wayne Wang
Production Year
1989
Genre(s)
Comedy
Approx. running minutes
85m
Cast
Chan Kim Wan, John K. Chan, Cheng Kwan Min
Classified Date:
24/05/1991
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
ICA Projects Ltd
strong violence, gory images
Classified Date:
09/04/2025
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Radiance Films
- additional issues
- There are verbal sex references, including to fetishes and sex work, as well as visual allusions to pornography. However, these are not explicit. There is use of strong language ('f**k', 'motherf**ker') as well as milder terms such as 'dick', 'pussy', 'prick', 'cock', 'bitch', 'shit', 'asshole', 'damn' ‘hell’, 'God' and 'jerk'. Breast nudity is visible during a sexualised sequence. References are made to acts of self-harm. A woman describes being the victim of sexual violence. In a disturbing scene, a man is forced to eat fecal matter. There are detailed, bloody scenes of animal butchery, although the scenes were recorded in a butcher's and were not set up for the purposes of the film. A man is seen defecating. There are references to drug smuggling. A person alludes to another attempting to take their own life. References are made to homophobia. People smoke cigarettes throughout, and drink alcohol.
Classified date
09/04/2025
