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What's Up Connection
What's Up Connection

What's Up Connection

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When a Hong Kong teenager from a poor family wins a trip to Japan, he unleashes a chain of events that will soon bring him from his secluded fishing village to Tokyo. On the way, he connects with a barely competent tour guide and a gender-fluid pickpocket. Upon returning home with this merry band of schemers, he and his family of counterfeiters discover that a multinational conglomerate led by a ruthless Japanese developer has found the village, and is determined to raze it to build the new center of world trade.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

120 mins

Rating

6/10

Release Date

15 September 1990

Country

Hong Kong

Cast

Reiko Arai

Reiko Arai

Tse Wai-Kit

Tse Wai-Kit

Li Cheong

Li Cheong

Chui Kwong Lam

Chui Kwong Lam

Tuen

Tuen

Michiko Suzuki

Michiko Suzuki

Tsang Mei Kie

Tsang Mei Kie

Toshinori Kondo

Toshinori Kondo

Hideo Murota

Hideo Murota

Cheung Wing-Kwan

Cheung Wing-Kwan

Lee Wai Lam

Lee Wai Lam

Chan Leung-Shing

Chan Leung-Shing

Takako Noda

Takako Noda

Wonder Woo

Wonder Woo

Ho Pak-Kwong

Ho Pak-Kwong

Grandpa

Zenji Ono

Zenji Ono

W.S. Pang

W.S. Pang

Yoko Shinfune

Yoko Shinfune

Hiroko Matsui

Hiroko Matsui

Bob Moore

Bob Moore

Steve Burton

Steve Burton

Kanji Okumura

Kanji Okumura

Rumi Ôtori

Rumi Ôtori

Kurt Wetzel

Kurt Wetzel

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