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Cageman (Universe Version) VCD

Qiao Hong (Actor) | Liu Kai Chi (Actor) | Teddy Robin (Actor) | Bowie Wu (Actor)
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Cageman (Universe Version)
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Product Title: Cageman (Universe Version) 籠民 (寰宇版) 笼民 (寰宇版) Cageman (Universe Version) Cageman (Universe Version)
Artist Name(s): Qiao Hong (Actor) | Liu Kai Chi (Actor) | Teddy Robin (Actor) | Bowie Wu (Actor) | Guk Fung (Actor) | Tats Lau | Kirk Wong | Liu Shun | Wong Ka Kui | Chow Chung | Li Ming Yang | JOE JUNIOR | Chen Guo Xin | Teddy Chen | Jacob Cheung 喬宏 (Actor) | 廖啟智 (Actor) | 泰迪羅賓 (Actor) | 胡楓 (Actor) | 谷峰 (Actor) | 劉以達 | 黃 志強 | 劉洵 | 黃家駒 | 周驄 | 李名煬 | JOE JUNIOR | 陳國新 | 陳德森 | 張之亮 乔宏 (Actor) | 廖启智 (Actor) | 泰迪罗宾 (Actor) | 胡枫 (Actor) | 谷峰 (Actor) | 刘以达 | 黄 志强 | 刘洵 | 黄家驹 | 周骢 | Li Ming Yang | JOE JUNIOR | 陈国新 | 陈德森 | 张之亮 Qiao Hong (Actor) | 廖啓智（リウ・カイチー） (Actor) | 秦迪羅賓（テディー・ロビン） (Actor) | 胡楓（ウー・フォン） (Actor) | 谷峯（クー・ホン） (Actor) | 劉以達（タッツ・ラウ） | 黄志強（カーク・ウォン） | 劉洵（ラウ・ション） | 黄家駒（ウォン・ガークイ） | Chow Chung | Li Ming Yang | ＪＯＥ　ＪＵＮＩＯＲ | Ｃｈｅｎ　Ｇｕｏ　Ｘｉｎ | 陳德森 | 張之亮（ジェイコブ・チャン） Qiao Hong (Actor) | Liu Kai Chi (Actor) | Teddy Robin (Actor) | Bowie Wu (Actor) | Guk Fung (Actor) | Tats Lau | Kirk Wong | Liu Shun | Wong Ka Kui | Chow Chung | Li Ming Yang | JOE JUNIOR | Chen Guo Xin | Teddy Chen | Jacob Cheung
Director: Jacob Cheung 張之亮 张之亮 張之亮（ジェイコブ・チャン） Jacob Cheung
Producer: Jacob Cheung 張之亮 张之亮 張之亮（ジェイコブ・チャン） Jacob Cheung
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Release Date: 2005-07-13
Language: Cantonese, Mandarin
Subtitles: English, Traditional Chinese
Country of Origin: Hong Kong
Disc Format(s): VCD
Rating: III
Publisher: Universe Laser (HK)
Other Information: 2VCDs
Package Weight: 100 (g)
Shipment Unit: 1 What is it?
YesAsia Catalog No.: 1004039817

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導演︰張之亮
Director: Jacob Cheung

★ 榮獲第十二屆香港電影金像獎︰
- 最佳電影
- 最佳導演 : 張之亮
- 最佳編劇 : 黃仁逵，吳滄洲，張之亮
- 最佳男配角 : 廖啟智
- 十大最佳華語片

　　香港經濟不斷增長，土地供不應求，很多舊樓給拆掉重建。華夏男子公寓亦面臨同一命運，一眾住客知道一旦被迫遷，會無法負擔外間昂貴的生活費，終於群起反抗，他們起初自掃門前雪，或見利忘義，後來漸漸變得會互相慰問，守望相助和各安天命。另方面兩名欲藉此事自我宣傳的議員，假借體會草根階層生活狀況而雙雙入住籠屋，圖收賣人心。其中一議員，更是收樓集團的代表律師，趁機串通籠屋內貪圖金錢之輩加速趕走籠民，以圖私利。

★ 12th Hong Kong Film Festival Awards :
- Best Film Award
- Best Director Award, Jacob Cheung Chi-Leung
- Best Scriptwriting Award, Yank Wong, Ng Chong-Chau, Jacob Cheung Ji-Leung
- Best Supporting Actor Award, Liu Kai-chi
- One of the Ten Best Chinese Language Films Awards

　　There is continuous growth in Hong Kong's economy and the land supply is inadequate. Many old buildings have to be demolished for redevelopment. Wa Ha Boarding House is also facing the same fate. The tenants living there know that they cannot afford the high living cost outside, if they are evicted. So they rise to struggle together. At first some only concern themselves and the others are actuated by mercenary views. Gradually they start comforting one another, helping one another and taking guard against intruders, and they also accept their lots. In the meantime, two councilors move into the caged house - on the pretext of experiencing the living conditions of the grassroots - only to manipulate the matter for self propaganda and winning popularity. One of them is even a lawyer representing the clique for property resumption. He seizes the opportunity to conspire with the tenants who are greedy for money to speedup the process of ousting the cagemen, in order to achieve self interest.
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December 5, 2006
Slice of social realism Customer Review Rated Bad 10 - 10 out of 10
Cageman might have been better titled Cagepeople, because it is all about the occupants of a men’s hostel in Hong Kong, who do indeed live in cages – not all the time, of course, but they sleep and keep their belongings inside them. The film doesn’t concentrate on one particular occupant, but shares its time evenly between 7-11, a ninety-nine year old who sells all kinds of goods to his fellows from inside his cage, which he hasn’t left in twenty years. He also has an assistant, nicknamed Sissy. Other tenants include a tinker, a very short fellow called ‘Monkey face’, who also owns a monkey, a cook, a perpetually drunk Taoist, and Mao, a young newcomer, recently released from prison. The owner of the hostel is Fatty, who has a retarded son to help him run the place. Almost the entire film takes place within the hostel, and there is barely a female to be seen.

The motivating incident of the film is the announcement that the block in which the hostel is located is to be demolished by its owners, to make for a development. Issues of relocation and compensation arise among the tenants, and cause divisions. Two politicians also arrive on the scene, and compete in shaking hands for photos and making promises, though their own motives will not appear until later. The occasional presence of TV crews only complicates the situation. Plenty of social issues appear as the film goes on: the treatment of the poor, the disabled, and the addicted in Hong Kong, and the gap between the rich and the poor. Politicians, it seems, are the same everywhere. While offering no solutions (which can’t be expected of a film), the movie nevertheless portrays humanely and sympathetically the underbelly of Hong Kong.

In a character-driven film such as this, acting is of prime importance. I had no trouble believing in any of these people – they looked and sounded like the roles they were playing, so that they quickly become real people, caught in a real situation, largely at the mercy of forces much stronger than themselves.

There is also an amount of humour in the film, as one would expect with such a range of characters. Of particular note is a discussion regarding the difference between a beggar and a homeless person. There is plenty of realistic dialogue, the kind one would expect to hear uttered by down-and-outs in the absence of females, and this seems to have earned the film a category III rating (which I thought only applied to sex and violence).

This film is quite a change of pace from the typical Hong Kong fare. It would appeal more to those interested in socially-aware movies rather than escapist entertainment. At 145 minutes, it is also quite long, though it doesn’t drag. There is enough lively dialogue and intrigue to maintain interest.
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BRING BACK THIS DISC!!! Customer Review Rated Bad 10 - 10 out of 10
i know wong kar kui of beyond is in this!! i want to watch his work. he was the boundary of music
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