Goodbye South, Goodbye

May 13, 1996

1h 56m

★ 6.8

Fast times, easy money, big trouble.

Overview

In this portrait of small-time hoods rendered in rhythm-of-life anecdotal detail, Gao is the leader of a circle of layabouts including his sidekick, Flathead, and their girlfriends, Pretzel and Ling. He is also the originator of petty crime schemes, which promise to get the gang nowhere fast.

Genres

Crime

Drama

Production Companies

3-H Films

Shochiku

Team Okuyama

Goodbye South, Goodbye Trailers

Cast

Kao

Jack Kao

Flatty

Lim Giong

Hui

Vicky Wei

Pretzel

Annie Shizuka Inoh

Ying

Hsu Kuei-ying

Tung

Lien Pi-tung

Hsing's Father

Lui Ming

Ming

Go Ming

Flatty's Uncle

Shih-huang Chen

Brother Xu

Kuei Li

Pig Owner

Li Tian-Lu

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