Cageman

Cageman (Chinese: 籠民) is a 1992 Hong Kong satirical comedy-drama film directed by Jacob Cheung. It won four awards at the 12th Hong Kong Film Awards held in 1993, including Best Film.

Plot[]

The movie explores the lives of tenants of the Wah Ha cage-house, who try to resist to stay in their cage-homes after the landlord announces he will take the building back and demolish it.

Cast and roles[]

• Roy Chiao – Koo Yiu-Cho aka Fatso, the person in charge of the cage-house who collects rents and pays them to the landlord
• Liu Kai-chi – Prince Sam, Koo Yiu-Cho's adult son who has intellectual disability
• Wong Ka Kui – Mao, Lam Tsung's adopted son who joins to live with the tenants and has a criminal past
• – 7-11, a 99-year-old tenant who sells goods to other tenants
• Victor Wong – Sissy, a tenant who is close friends with 7-11 and assists him
• Teddy Robin – Tong Sam aka Monkey Man, a short tenant who owns a pet monkey named Tucker
• – Taoist, a philosophical tenant who always carries a bottle of wine with him
• Joe Junior – Charlie, a former tenant who often visits the cage-house and brings food for other tenants
• Ku Feng – Luk Tung, a tenant who works as a handyman
• Tats Lau – Brother Sang
• Chow Chung – Councillor Chow
• – Councillor Tsui
• Bowie Wu – Officer Lam Tsung, Mao's adoptive father
• Teddy Chan – Possession order messenger
• – TV interviewer
• Herman Yau – TV director
• – Dai Lap Hing

Awards and nominations[]

External links[]

• Cageman at IMDb
• Cageman at the Hong Kong Movie DataBase
• Hong Kong Cinemagic entry

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