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Release Date:
November 23, 2012
Original Title:
魚.蝦.蟹
Genres:
Drama
Production Companies:
Fresh Wave
Hong Kong Arts Development Council
Production Countries:
Hong Kong
Ratings / Certifications:
HK: III
Runtime: 21
The title is an allusion to the Chinese gambling game but the story is a treacherous journey with high stakes and a handsome reward. Three friends brave rugged terrain to escape hardship and persecution, surviving on foraged food and their meagre possessions – a pack of ciggies, the Little Red Book of Chairman Mao and three dices – all the while hounded by Red Guards on patrol. Loyalty, friendship and life are bet against a new beginning in the city where the streets are allegedly paved with gold. The odds are against them and the chance of survival is a row of the dice.
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Assistant Camera:
Mike Mak Chi-Kwan
AQ Lee Man-chun
Wang Chap-Yiu
Assistant Director:
Hoi-Ying Chu
John Leung
Continuity:
John Leung
Director:
Ip Sau Leung
Director of Photography:
Cheung Ho Ying
Editor:
Ip Sau Leung
Hoi-Ying Chu
Gaffer:
Danny Szeto Yat-Lui
Writer:
Ip Sau Leung
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