Bat sin fan dim ji yan yuk cha siu bau (1993)

Directors:

Danny Lee
Herman Yau

Writer:

Law Kam Fai (writer)

Release Date:

13 May 1993 (Hong Kong)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime | Drama | Horror | Thriller

Plot:

Cops investigate a criminal running an unsuspecting restaurant, while trying to trace the steps back to how he ended up running it suddenly.

Plot Keywords:

Restaurant | Beach | Police | Torture | Murder

Awards:

1 win

Cast

  (Credited cast)

Emily Kwan	...	Bo
Danny Lee	...	Officer Lee
Julie Lee	...	Pearl
Tony Leung Siu Hung
Fui-On Shing	...	Cheng Poon
Anthony Wong Chau-Sang	...	Wong Chi Hang
Parkman Wong	...	Bull

Also Known As:

Ba xian fan dian zhi ren rou cha shao bao (Hong Kong: Mandarin title)
Bunman: The Untold Story
Human Meat Pies: The Untold Story
Human Pork Chop (USA)
The Eight Immortals Restaurant: The Untold Story (USA)
The Untold Story (Hong Kong: English title)
The Untold Story: Human Meat Roast Pork Buns

Runtime:

96 min

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

English | Cantonese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Taiwan:R-18 | Singapore:(Banned) (uncut version) | Australia:R | Canada:18+ (Quebec) | Canada:R (Manitoba) | Canada:R (Ontario) (cut version) | Hong Kong:III | Singapore:PG (heavily cut) | South Korea:18 (heavily cut) | USA:Unrated | Norway:(Banned) (video rating)

Filming Locations:

Hong Kong, China

Company:

Cinema City Film Productions

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: During the family massacre scene, one of the children is decapitated, but the "head" is clearly fake. First when it drops down from the table it looks a lot bigger and doesn't have colored eyes (they have the same skin-coloring effect). And secondly when we see the whole room, the head on the floor looks almost pale-white. It's really white actually, and that's weird because the family was "slightly dark" skinned.

Quotes:

[after realizing that Wong used human flesh to make the pork buns]
Officer Lee: I'm glad I didn't have any of those.

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in Ji jun sam sap lok gai ji Tau tin wun yat (1993)

Re-thinking Chinese food

Wong Chi Han is not a nice guy. He has a shady past and now he's a restaurant owner serving up his specialty, BBQ pork buns. Although there is no real pork in them. This is a highly disturbing and yes, quite graphic at times in its portrayal of someone that lost all their marbles and has plenty of access to kitchen utensils, especially the sharp ones. This may give you some food for thought about Chinese food in the future and you may never look at a chopstick the same way again. This all takes place on the tiny island of Macau and the cops there don't seem to be too focused on their work, up to a point, but when it becomes more obvious what's going on they seem rather dedicated to getting a confession from this nasty cook. The cops are a rather bumbling lot and seem more caught up in checking out the latest "dates" of their commanding officer than they are in their work. They of course, provide the comic relief. And it is a relief to have a bit of comedy in this gruesome tale, believe me. This is very well done but it's certainly not for anyone with a weak stomach and some of the portrayals of violence and gore will definitely be too much for some. but this is an excellent film and well worth your time, given that you have a sense of adventure and a strong constitution. 9 out of 10.