New on Blu-ray: THE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT / FEI FAT YI MAN (1985)

Codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Resolution: 1080p
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Region: Region A/1

The Illegal Immigrant 1985 New On Bluray

Product Description: Mabel Cheung’s debut unfolds as the quintessential American story: that of the “illegal” immigrant, doing anything they must to survive in the so-called land of the free. After a raid on a Canal Street garment factory leaves Cheung (Ching Yong-Cho) targeted by immigration agents, the mainland refugee resorts to a sham marriage with a reluctant acquaintance named Cindy to access a green card. An NYU graduation project miraculously funded by Shaw Brothers Studio, Mabel Cheung’s The Illegal Immigrant was entirely shot on location in New York’s Chinatown, in authentic gambling parlours and video stores, amidst real-life gangsters and undocumented immigrants cast as non-professional actors. From this results a remarkable encapsulation of a time and place that no longer exists; a comic tragedy that establishes, with unusual freedom, the foundations of what would become Mabel Cheung “immigration trilogy” a short few years later with the successes of An Autumn’s Tale and Eight Taels of Gold.

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Director: Mabel Cheung

Starring: Ching Yong-Cho, Wu Fu-Sheng, Liao Chong-Yu, Peter Lee Gui-Yuen

Genre: Drama, Romance

Runtime: 98 min

Rating: Not Rated

Language: Cantonese

Studio: Kani

Home Video Release Date: May 26, 2026