''Public Toilet'' () is a
2002 movie by Hong Kong director
Fruit Chan
Fruit Chan Gor (; born 15 April 1959) is a Hong Kong Second Wave filmmaker who is best known for his style of film reflecting the everyday life of Hong Kong people. He is well known for using amateur actors (such as Sam Lee in '' Made in Ho ...
, his first in
digital format
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.
Plot
The story revolves around a Beijing man, "Dong-dong", who was born in a public toilet. To look for his past, he searches lavatories around the world.
Cast
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Tsuyoshi Abe
is a Chinese people in Japan, Chinese-Japanese (中国系日本人) actor based in Japan. Of mixed Chinese and Japanese descent (his grandmother was Japanese), he is able to speak both Mandarin Chinese, Mandarin and Japanese language, Japanese ...
– Dong Dong
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Ma Zhe – Tony
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Pietero Diletti – Stone
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Jang Hyuk
Jeong Yong-jun (born December 20, 1976), better known as Jang Hyuk, is a South Korean actor. He is best known for his leading roles in the films ''Volcano High'' (2001) and ''Windstruck'' (2004), and the television dramas ''Successful Story of a ...
– Kim
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Jo In-sung
Zo In-sung (, born July 28, 1981) is a South Korean actor. He is best known for his leading roles in the Korean television dramas ''Something Happened in Bali'' (2004), '' Spring Day'' (2005), ''That Winter, the Wind Blows'' (2013), and ''It ...
– Cho
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Kim Yang-hie – Ocean Girl
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Jo Kuk
Jo Koo Cho-lam (谷祖琳; born 16 May 1977), sometimes credited as Jo Koo is a Hong Kong actress and singer.
Personal life
In 2010, Koo married businessman Andrew Lau Wing-hang (劉穎恆), whom she met while studying in Australia. The couple h ...
– Jo
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Sam Lee – Sam
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Oh Se-jeong
Production
Chan was inspired by the terrible quality of
public toilet
A public toilet, restroom, public bathroom or washroom is a room or small building with toilets (or urinals) and sinks for use by the general public. The facilities are available to customers, travelers, employees of a business, school pupils ...
s in
mainland China
"Mainland China" is a geopolitical term defined as the territory governed by the People's Republic of China (including islands like Hainan or Chongming), excluding dependent territories of the PRC, and other territories within Greater China. ...
while filming ''
Durian Durian
''Durian Durian'' () is a 2000 Hong Kong film directed by Fruit Chan. The film portrays the experiences of a young girl, Fan ( Mak Wai-Fan), and her sex worker neighbour, Yan (Qin Hailu), in Hong Kong.
Plot
Yan is a prostitute from the mainland ...
'' (2000), which served as the concept for ''Public Toilet''.
Chan shot
digital video
Digital video is an electronic representation of moving visual images (video) in the form of encoded digital data. This is in contrast to analog video, which represents moving visual images in the form of analog signals. Digital video comprises ...
for the film at the request of the investor, Digital Nega.
References
External links
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''Public Toilet''at Hong Kong Cinemagic
Hong Kong films
South Korean drama films
2002 films
Films directed by Fruit Chan
2000s Hong Kong films
2000s South Korean films
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