In this portrait of small-time hoods rendered in rhythm-of-life anecdotal detail, Gao is the leader of a circle of layabouts including his sidekick, Flathead, and their girlfriends, Pretzel and Ling. He is also the originator of petty crime schemes, which promise to get the gang nowhere fast.

• DirectorHou Hsiao-hsien
• Release13 May 1996
• Genre
  Crime / Drama
• Duration1h 56m
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  6.829
  41 reviews
• Productions

  3-H Films, Shochiku, Team Okuyama