Life Is Cheap… But Toilet Paper Is Expensive on Blu-ray July 21!
Exploding a seemingly simple premise – a nameless “cowboy” courier (Spencer Nakasako) arrives in pre-Handover Hong Kong to deliver a mysterious briefcase to a mercurial Mob boss whilst becoming entangled with his femme fatale mistress (Cora Miao) – independent filmmaking legend Wayne Wang’s Life is Cheap… But Toilet Paper is Expensive barrels through inspired genre deconstruction, guerrilla docu-fiction and fierce political jeremiad, all with a keen sense of humour and one of the richest visual palettes of the 1990s. Life is Cheap…But Toilet Paper Is Expensive is released on Blu-ray in the UK July 21, 2025!
We’re pleased to present a new title from Wayne Wang (The Joy Luck Club, Smoke),
LIFE IS CHEAP…BUT TOILET PAPER IS EXPENSIVE (1989)
LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY FEATURES
- New 4K restoration from the original 35mm colour interpositive
- New video interview with director Wayne Wang
- New video interview with co-writer/co-director Spencer Nakasako & Wang
- Original full-length chase sequence
- Trailer
- Newly improved English subtitle translation
- Limited edition booklet with new writing by Aliza Ma
- Limited edition slipcover – exclusive to radiancefilms.co.uk
Radiance Films is founded on a passion for cinema. A series of films, books, merchandise and more curated from a variety of genres and modes of filmmaking, from arthouse provocateurs to genre classics.
Each release is created from the best available materials and includes a wealth of supplementary features on disc and extensive booklets featuring new and archival writing, where applicable.
Life is Cheap…But Toilet Paper Is Expensive is released on Blu-ray in the UK July 21, 2025!
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