Bat Leung Gam
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Mabel Cheung
Sammo Hung
Sylvia Chang
Lau Kwok Ping
Ho Tak Hung
Danny Chu
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
After driving a taxi in New York City for 16 years, a middle-aged man returns to China just as his sister is about to give birth to a second child, which is discouraged by Chinese authorities.
Director
Mabel Cheung
Cast
Sammo Hung
Sylvia Chang
Lau Kwok Ping
Ho Tak Hung
Danny Chu
Jesse Torn
Danny Wong
Maria Orite
Diego Videla
Crew
John K C Cahn
Mabel Cheung
Kwong Chi-leung
Tony Ducchiari
Rebecca Li
Richard Lo
John Shan
John Shan
Yu Shun
Tam Wai-keung
Bill Wong
Mark Ying
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 1990
Released in United States April 1991
Released in United States November 1990
Released in United States September 1990
Released in United States September 1992
Shown at London Film Festival (Hong Kong Focus) November 8-25, 1990.
Shown at Toronto Festival of Festivals (Spotlight: Sylvia Chang) September 10-19, 1992.
Shown at Toronto Festival of Festivals September 6-15, 1990.
Title refers to the saying "a man is not a man without eight taels (400 grams) of gold."
Released in United States 1990
Released in United States April 1991 (Shown at AFI/Los Angeles International Film Festival (New Asian) April 11-25, 1991.)
Released in United States September 1990 (Shown at Toronto Festival of Festivals September 6-15, 1990.)
Released in United States September 1992 (Shown at Toronto Festival of Festivals (Spotlight: Sylvia Chang) September 10-19, 1992.)
Released in United States November 1990 (Shown at London Film Festival (Hong Kong Focus) November 8-25, 1990.)
