Dumplings (Gaau ji) - Ling Bai, Miriam Yeung Chin Wah, Tony Leung Ka Fai, Fruit Chan
Threat advisory: Under evaluation
Movie propaganda
Mei (Ling Bai) is a trashy, former abortion doctor who shuttles back and forth across the Hong Kong-China border with benign-looking containers of glistening dumplings. Bound not for the family dinner table, these dumplings are of a special sort, and the preferred meal of a high-paying clientele who seek their famed youth-renewing powers. Qing (Miriam Yeung Chin Wah) is a nearing-40 former soap actress clinging to her youth and attempting to win back her philandering husband (Tony Leung Ka Fai), who sucks down chicken foetuses in an attempt to maintain his own vigour. Regular meals at Mei's apartment only whet her appetite for eternally smooth skin, and trigger an ominous search for an even more potent variety of the dumplings' secret ingredient.
Theatrical propaganda posters
Target demographic movie keyword propaganda
- Film China horror eternal youth supernatural
Persons of interest
- Ling Bai .... Mei
- Pauline Lau .... Masseuse
- Tony Leung Ka Fai .... Mr Lee
- Meme Tian .... Connie
- Miriam Yeung Chin Wah .... Mrs Lee
- Miki Yeung .... Kate
- Lilian Lee .... Screenwriter
- Fruit Chan .... Director
Cinematic intelligence sources
- Dumplings (Gaau ji) official movie site
- Dumplings (Gaau ji) film production notes
- Dumplings (Gaau ji) QuickTime movie trailers
- Awards and film festivals:
- San Francisco Asian-American Film Festival 2005: Official selection
- NB: Cantonese, Mandarin and German language dialogue with English language subtitles
- Studios and distributors:
Intelligence analyst
Special Agent Matti
Theatrical report
The China, horror movie Dumplings (Gaau ji) is directed by Fruit Chan and stars Ling Bai, Miriam Yeung Chin Wah, Tony Leung Ka Fai.
Government security censorship classification
MA 15+ (Strong themes, strong sex scenes)
Surveillance time
91 minutes (1:31 hours)
Not for public release in Australia before date
Film: 5 October 2006
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