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Goodbye South, Goodbye

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IMDB ID: tt0117151

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In this portrait of small-time hoods rendered in rhythm-of-life anecdotal detail, Gao is the leader of a circle of layabouts including his sidekick, Flathead, and their girlfriends, Pretzel and Ling. He is also the originator of petty crime schemes, which promise to get the gang nowhere fast.

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Jack Kao

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Lim Giong

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Vicky Wei

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Annie Shizuka Inoh

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Hsu Kuei-ying

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Lien Pi-tung

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Lui Ming

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Go Ming

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Shih-huang Chen

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Kuei Li

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Hou Hsiao-hsien

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Chu Tien-Wen

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Jack Kao

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King Jieh-wen

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