Goodbye South, Goodbye (1998)

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Fast times, easy money, big trouble.

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.

• Released: 1998-01-15
• Genres: Crime, Drama
• Runtime: 1h 56m
• Status: Released
• TMDB rating: 7.0/10 from 46 votes

Directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien.

Top cast

• Jack Kao as Kao
• Lim Giong as Flatty
• Vicky Wei as Hui
• Annie Shizuka Inoh as Pretzel
• Hsu Kuei-ying as Ying
• Lien Pi-tung as Tung
• Lui Ming as Hsing's Father
• Go Ming as Ming
• Shih-huang Chen as Flatty's Uncle
• Kuei Li as Brother Xu

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