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15

Directed by

Royston Tan

Year

Runtime

2003

90 minutes

Genre

Drama, Comedy

Language

Hokkien, Mandarin

Synopsis

The film stars three real-life juvenile gangsters, all aged 15, giving an accurate depiction of Chinese teenage gang-life in the Singapore suburbs. The 2003 film features two more gangsters as characters as well as a fight sequence with more affluent English-educated Singapore youths. Rather than scripting the movie or employing professional actors, Tan attempted to capture the troubled lives of his characters in realistic fashion, apparently without much prior scripting.

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Producer(s)

Tan Fong Cheng, Eric Khoo

Produced by

Zhao Wei Films, Singapore Film Commission, 27 Productions

International Sales/Distribution

Cast

Shaun Tan, Melvin Chen, Erick Chun, Vynn Soh, Melvin Lee

Tags

2003, Drama, Comedy, Teenage, Gangster, Youths

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