PiFan Fest: 25-Year-Old Film Resonates Amid Current Anti-China Protests — hollywoodreporter.com

BUCHEON, South Korea — Decades after their release, a Hong Kong gangster film from the 1980s and a Japanese monster film from the 1950s are resonating with contemporary moviegoers at the 18th Puchon (Bucheon) International Fantastic Film Festival (PiFan). Hong Kong-born American director Wayne Wang said he was surprised that the PiFan festival organizers chose to screen his experimental film Life Is Cheap… But Toilet Paper Is Expensive. Released in 1989, Wang's film follows a young man's surreal journey through Hong Kong's underworld. Despite winning at the 1990 Rotterdam International Film Festival, however, it was one of the first films to receive an NC-17 rating in the U.S. and was rarely shown to the public including in Asia.

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