- Country: UK
- Genres: Drama
- Release: 1988-05-15
- Director: Mike Newell
- Writers: Timothy Mo , Ian McEwan
- Language: English
- Stars: Sylvia Chang , Danny Dun , Jodi Long , Speedy Choo , Han Tan , Soon-Tek Oh , William Chow , Chin Shih-Chieh , David Tse , Jim Carter
- Runtime: 110 min
- Awards: 1 nomination
- AKA: Glykoxino (Greece) , Soursweet , Soursweet (Hong Kong) , Soursweet (Korea) , Soursweet (Denmark) , 酸甜 (China) , Chinese Blues (Hungary) , Agridulce (Argentina) , Chinese Blues , La legge delle triadi (Italy) , 別鄉情愁 (Taiwan) , Soursweet (Philippines) , サワースィート (Japan) , Gorzka słodycz (Poland) , Soursweet (Singapore) , Soursweet (United Kingdom) , Soursweet (South Africa)
- Plot:
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.
- IMDB:tt0096146
Soursweet Cast · · · ALL
Mike Newell
Director
Sylvia Chang
Lily
Danny Dun
Chen
Jodi Long
Mui
Speedy Choo
Man Kee
Soon-Tek Oh
Red Cudgel
William Chow
White Paper Fan
Chin Shih-Chieh
Night Brother
David Tse
Fok
Jim Carter
Mr. Constantinides
Philip Tan
Jackie Fung
Eddie Yeoh
Iron Plank
Chua Kah Joo
Lo
Nigel Fan
Red Cudgel Fighter
Mark Monero
Removal Man
David Forman
14K Member
Tom Wu
14K Member
Lex van Delden
Belgian Lorry Driver
Robert Burbage
Man in Restaurant
Ozzie Yue
Businessman
Craig Fairbrass
Lorry Driver
Bowie Lam
Best Man