Mr. Sardine
Overview
Derek Chiu Sung-kei directs this low-budget yarn about a mild-mannered grocery store clerk named Sardine (Dayo Wong Chi-wah) who lives a highly ordered life in an apartment filled with canned goods. His equilibrium is smashed when his landlady evicts him to make way for her daughter Anna (Irene Wan Pik-ha) to move in. When the middle-aged woman keels over from a bad combination of Panadol and liquor, Sardine believes that he is responsible for her death and tries to hide the body. Trouble ensues when Anna finds the corpse in Sardine's apartment while Sardine contends with a devious fellow employee who tries to get him canned from the supermarket.
Top Cast
Dayo Wong Chi-Wah
Mr. Sardine
Irene Wan
Anna
Liu Kai-Chi
Mong
Poon Fong-Fong
Joanna Chan Pui-San
Wilson Ai Wai
Edmond
Wayne Lai Yiu-Cheung
Dick Lau Tik-Chi
Brian
Mak Hiu-Wai
CID
Kwok Tak-San
Chief Insp. Ching
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About Mr. Sardine
Mr. Sardine is a mystery, crime film released in 1994 exploring themes of grocery store, survivalism, canned goods, prepper. Directed by Derek Chiu, it stars Dayo Wong Chi-Wah, Irene Wan, Liu Kai-Chi. Derek Chiu Sung-kei directs this low-budget yarn about a mild-mannered grocery store clerk named Sardine (Dayo Wong Chi-wah) who lives a highly ordered life in an apartment filled with canned goods. His equilibrium is smashed when his landlady evicts him to make way for her daughter Anna (Irene Wan Pik-ha) to move in. When the middle-aged woman keels over from a bad combination of Panadol and liquor, Sardine believes that he is responsible for her death and tries to hide the body. Trouble ensues when Anna finds the corpse in Sardine's apartment while Sardine contends with a devious fellow employee who tries to get him canned from the supermarket.
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