Life Is Cheap...But Toilet Paper Is Expensive
strong violence, gory images
Director(s)Wayne Wang
Production year1989
Genre(s)Comedy
Approx. running minutes85m
CastCora Miao, Spencer Nakasako
Life Is Cheap...But Toilet Paper Is Expensive
strong violence, gory images
A man takes a job delivering a mysterious briefcase to Hong Kong in this 1989 dark comedy.
A man takes a job delivering a mysterious briefcase to Hong Kong in this 1989 dark comedy.
violence
A hand is repeatedly seen being severed with a cleaver.
injury detail
Story gory images result from violence, including sight of severed limbs and resultant wounds, which feature bone and bloody detail.
additional issues
There are verbal sex references, including to fetishes and sex work, as well as visual allusions to pornography. However, these are not explicit. There is use of strong language ('f**k', 'motherf**ker') as well as milder terms such as 'dick', 'pussy', 'prick', 'cock', 'bitch', 'shit', 'asshole', 'damn' ‘hell’, 'God' and 'jerk'. Breast nudity is visible during a sexualised sequence. References are made to acts of self-harm. A woman describes being the victim of sexual violence. In a disturbing scene, a man is forced to eat fecal matter. There are detailed, bloody scenes of animal butchery, although the scenes were recorded in a butcher's and were not set up for the purposes of the film. A man is seen defecating. There are references to drug smuggling. A person alludes to another attempting to take their own life. References are made to homophobia. People smoke cigarettes throughout, and drink alcohol.
Classified Date:
24/05/1991
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
ICA Projects Ltd
strong violence, gory images
Classified Date:
09/04/2025
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Radiance Films
violence
A hand is repeatedly seen being severed with a cleaver.
injury detail
Story gory images result from violence, including sight of severed limbs and resultant wounds, which feature bone and bloody detail.
additional issues
There are verbal sex references, including to fetishes and sex work, as well as visual allusions to pornography. However, these are not explicit. There is use of strong language ('f**k', 'motherf**ker') as well as milder terms such as 'dick', 'pussy', 'prick', 'cock', 'bitch', 'shit', 'asshole', 'damn' ‘hell’, 'God' and 'jerk'. Breast nudity is visible during a sexualised sequence. References are made to acts of self-harm. A woman describes being the victim of sexual violence. In a disturbing scene, a man is forced to eat fecal matter. There are detailed, bloody scenes of animal butchery, although the scenes were recorded in a butcher's and were not set up for the purposes of the film. A man is seen defecating. There are references to drug smuggling. A person alludes to another attempting to take their own life. References are made to homophobia. People smoke cigarettes throughout, and drink alcohol.
violence
A hand is repeatedly seen being severed with a cleaver.
injury detail
Story gory images result from violence, including sight of severed limbs and resultant wounds, which feature bone and bloody detail.
additional issues
There are verbal sex references, including to fetishes and sex work, as well as visual allusions to pornography. However, these are not explicit. There is use of strong language ('f**k', 'motherf**ker') as well as milder terms such as 'dick', 'pussy', 'prick', 'cock', 'bitch', 'shit', 'asshole', 'damn' ‘hell’, 'God' and 'jerk'. Breast nudity is visible during a sexualised sequence. References are made to acts of self-harm. A woman describes being the victim of sexual violence. In a disturbing scene, a man is forced to eat fecal matter. There are detailed, bloody scenes of animal butchery, although the scenes were recorded in a butcher's and were not set up for the purposes of the film. A man is seen defecating. There are references to drug smuggling. A person alludes to another attempting to take their own life. References are made to homophobia. People smoke cigarettes throughout, and drink alcohol.
Director(s)Wayne Wang
Production year1989
Genre(s)Comedy
Approx. running minutes85m
CastCora Miao, Spencer Nakasako
Classified Date:
24/05/1991
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
ICA Projects Ltd
strong violence, gory images
Classified Date:
09/04/2025
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Radiance Films
violence
A hand is repeatedly seen being severed with a cleaver.
injury detail
Story gory images result from violence, including sight of severed limbs and resultant wounds, which feature bone and bloody detail.
additional issues
There are verbal sex references, including to fetishes and sex work, as well as visual allusions to pornography. However, these are not explicit. There is use of strong language ('f**k', 'motherf**ker') as well as milder terms such as 'dick', 'pussy', 'prick', 'cock', 'bitch', 'shit', 'asshole', 'damn' ‘hell’, 'God' and 'jerk'. Breast nudity is visible during a sexualised sequence. References are made to acts of self-harm. A woman describes being the victim of sexual violence. In a disturbing scene, a man is forced to eat fecal matter. There are detailed, bloody scenes of animal butchery, although the scenes were recorded in a butcher's and were not set up for the purposes of the film. A man is seen defecating. There are references to drug smuggling. A person alludes to another attempting to take their own life. References are made to homophobia. People smoke cigarettes throughout, and drink alcohol.
