Yi boh lai beng duk (1996)

Director:

Herman Yau

Writer:

Ting Chau (writer)

Release Date:

15 June 1996 (Hong Kong)

Genre:

Comedy | Horror

Plot:

A restaurant employee wanted for murder contracts Ebola by raping a woman in South Africa and starts an outbreak there and in Hong Kong when he returns home.

Plot Keywords:

Restaurant | Murder | Meat | Africa | Ebola Virus

Cast

Anthony Wong Chau-Sang	...	Kai San
Yeung Ming Wan	...	Yeung
Fui-On Shing	...	Annoyed Husband
Wong Tsui-ling
Miu-Ying Chan	...	Har
Meng Lo	...	The Boss
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Edward Corbett
Lori Shannon
Michael Tam
Bobby Yip	...	Short Ugly Triad

Directed by
Herman Yau

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Ting Chau		writer

Produced by
Jing Wong	....	producer

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Jo Katsaras	....	costume supervisor

Production Companies

• Jing's Production

Distributors

• Gala Film Distribution (1996) (Hong Kong) (all media)
• Golden Harvest Company (1996) (worldwide) (all media)
• Universe Laser & Video Co. Ltd. (1996) (Hong Kong) (DVD)
• Discotek Media (2007) (USA) (DVD)
• Siren Visual Entertainment (2006) (Australia) (DVD)
• Tai Seng Video Marketing (1996) (USA) (VHS)

Special Effects

• Cubists

Other Companies

• Cine Art Laboratory  film processing
• Hong Kong Equipment Rental Co.  camera and lighting equipment provided by
• Mandarin Laboratory (International) Ltd.  subtitle
• Tai Fung (Tsu's) Co. Ltd.  film supplied by

Also Known As:

Ebola Syndrome (Hong Kong: English title)
Yibola bing du (Hong Kong: Mandarin title)

Runtime:

98 min

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Cantonese | English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Australia:MA | France:-16 (DVD) | New Zealand:R18 | Singapore:(Banned) | South Korea:18 | Hong Kong:III | Netherlands:16

Filming Locations:

Hong Kong, China

Company:

Jing's Production

Trivia:

During the DVD commentary, Anthony Wong Chau-Sang made it clear that it was not his him killing the frog in the first kitchen scene. He said that not only does it take a special skill to prepare a frog like that, but he also found it to be cruel.

Quotes:

Kai San: [With a butcher's knife in his hand he runs through the streets of Hong Kong in the brightest daylight and screams:] Ebola! Ebooola! EBOLAAAYAAA!

Movie Connections:

Spoofs Outbreak (1995)

Dont Eat the "African" Burgers!

What can I say about this wonderfully demented Category III classic, it goes beyond the boundaries of most Cat III films (which involve usually uninspired sex and violence) and goes for the jugular without flinching once.

Anthony Wong plays our demented anti-hero, even thou our introduction to him is himself getting a blow job off his boss's prostitute wife, while the kid waits outside. The boss returns and is unimpressed to say the least and after beating up our hero has the tables turned on him and is killed along with his wife and lackey.

10 years on and were in South Africa, our hero works in a filthy restaurant, gets bullied all day and resents everything living. Soon enough he is back to his own ways and after raping a unconscious woman, who spews a frothy broth of Ebola into his face he becomes infected with this nasty little disease, and the story has not even got up to speed yet.

A darkly comic tale that does not mind pushing the barriers of what is deemed acceptable, I loved it. Every home should have a corner for Ebola.