Soursweet (1988)

Just married Hong Kong couple Chen & Lily emigrate to England, soon to become parents to a little baby boy and generally struggle through life. Chen works long days in a restaurant, while Lily does the housekeeping, daydreaming of setting up their own business, much to Chen's chagrin. When Chen lets his colleague Fok seduce him down a path of mounting gambling debts, he is recruited as a drug courier for a shadowy Chinese triad. Suddenly he realizes that getting their own enterprise could be their only means of escape.

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Top billed cast

Sylvia ChangLily
Danny DunChen
Jodi LongMui
Speedy ChooMan Kee
Han TanGrandpa
Soon-Tek OhRed Cudgel
William ChowWhite Paper Fan
King Shih-ChiehNight Brother
David K.S. TseFok
Jim CarterMr. Constantinides

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