Lovable Mr. Coconut arrives in town from Hainan China where he lived with his coconuts. Here in the sophisticated urban jungles of Hong Kong. He has finally reunited with his family, as he endures Hong Kong Streets of the late 1980s, filled with stock and property gamblers, heavy mobile phones and others.
Acting
Michael Hui's deadpan fish-out-of-water physical comedy
Production
Authentic late-80s Hong Kong street scenes and giant mobile phones
Writing
Sharp observations on Mainland-Hong Kong cultural tensions
Director
Clifton Ko Chi-Sum
Michael Hui Koon-Man
Ngan Kwai-Nam
Raymond Wong Pak-Ming
Wong Ka-Fan
Olivia Cheng Man-Nga
Ping
Ricky Hui Koon-Ying
Lime
Chan Cheuk-Yan
Skinny
Joey Wong
Ling
Simon Yam
Timothy Hui
Maria Cordero
Ms. Ma
Ken Boyle
Lime's Insurance Co. Boss
Shirley Lu Hsiu-Ling
Fennie Yuen Kit-Ying
Girl Molested in MRT
Elsie Chan Yik-Si
Customer at Shoe Shop
Loletta Lee Lai-Chun
Shampoo Commercial Girl
Pauline Kwan
Young Party Guest
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released during Hong Kong's anxious pre-handover period, the film gently mocks both colonial pretension and Mainland 'backwardness' while ultimately siding with working-class decency.
Michael Hui was Hong Kong's biggest box office star throughout the 1970s-80s; this was part of his late-period 'everyman' phase before retirement, with brother Ricky playing his on-screen sibling as they did in classic 70s hits.
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