Mr. Sardine

Sep 9, 1994

1h 45m

★ 5.8

Overview

Derek Chiu Sung-kei directs this low-budget yarn about a mild-mannered grocery store clerk named Sardine (Dayo Wong Chi-wah) who lives a highly ordered life in an apartment filled with canned goods. His equilibrium is smashed when his landlady evicts him to make way for her daughter Anna (Irene Wan Pik-ha) to move in. When the middle-aged woman keels over from a bad combination of Panadol and liquor, Sardine believes that he is responsible for her death and tries to hide the body. Trouble ensues when Anna finds the corpse in Sardine's apartment while Sardine contends with a devious fellow employee who tries to get him canned from the supermarket.

Genres

Mystery

Crime

Production Companies

Simpson Productions

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Cast

Mr. Sardine

Dayo Wong Chi-Wah

Anna

Irene Wan

Mong

Liu Kai-Chi

Poon Fong-Fong

Joanna Chan Pui-San

Edmond

Wilson Ai Wai

Wayne Lai Yiu-Cheung

Brian

Dick Lau Tik-Chi

CID

Mak Hiu-Wai

Chief Insp. Ching

Kwok Tak-San

Radium Cheung

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