''Cageman'' () is a 1992
Hong Kong
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satirical
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comedy-drama film
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directed by
Jacob Cheung. It won four awards at the
12th Hong Kong Film Awards held in 1993, including
Best Film.
Plot
The movie explores the lives of tenants of the Wah Ha
cage-house, who try to resist to stay in their cage-homes after the landlord announces he will take the building back and demolish it.
Cast
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Roy Chiao
Roy Chiao (16 March 1927 – 15 April 1999) was a Hong Kong actor, most notable in the United States for playing the minor villain Lao Che in the 1984 movie ''Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom''.
Biography
Chiao was born in Shanghai in 1927. ...
– Koo Yiu-Cho aka Fatso, the person in charge of the cage-house who collects rents and pays them to the landlord
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Liu Kai-chi – Prince Sam, Koo Yiu-Cho's adult son who has
intellectual disability
Intellectual disability (ID), also known as general learning disability in the United Kingdom and formerly mental retardation, Rosa's Law, Pub. L. 111-256124 Stat. 2643(2010). is a generalized neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by signif ...
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Wong Ka Kui – Mao, Lam Tsung's adopted son who joins to live with the tenants and has a criminal past
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Michael Lee Ming-Yeung – 7–11, a 99-year-old tenant who sells goods to other tenants
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Victor Wong – Sissy, a tenant who is close friends with 7-11 and assists him
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Teddy Robin – Tong Sam aka Monkey Man, a short tenant who owns a pet monkey named Tucker
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Lau Shun
Lau or LAU may refer to:
People
* Lau (surname)
* Liu (劉/刘), a common Chinese family name transliterated Lau in Cantonese and Hokkien
* Lau clan, one of the Saraswat Brahmin clans of Punjab
* LAU (musician): Laura Fares
Places
* Lebanese ...
– Taoist, a philosophical tenant who always carries a bottle of
wine
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with him
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Joe Junior – Charlie, a former tenant who often visits the cage-house and brings food for other tenants
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Ku Feng – Luk Tung, a tenant who works as a
handyman
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Tats Lau – Brother Sang
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Chow Chung – Councillor Chow
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Dennis Chan – Councillor Tsui
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Bowie Wu – Officer Lam Tsung, Mao's adoptive father
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Teddy Chan – Possession order messenger
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Sze Kai-Keung – TV interviewer
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Herman Yau – TV director
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Tang Cheung – Dai Lap Hing
Awards and nominations
External links
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Hong Kong Cinemagic
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1990s satirical films
1992 comedy-drama films
1992 films
Best Film HKFA
Films about friendship
Films about homelessness
Films about intellectual disability
Films about old age
Films about poverty
Films directed by Jacob Cheung
Films set in Hong Kong
Hong Kong comedy-drama films
1990s Hong Kong films
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