Hungry for fun, American soldiers crowd the bars of late-’50s Hong Kong. Staffed with handpicked young girls from the countryside, the Lucky Bar is the most popular of them all, and Shui Mei is the smartest and keenest of the apprentices working there. She soon catches the eye of Jimmy, who every evening wanders from table to table, showing his father’s photo and asking for news about him.

Mary Lai Shui Mei

Jimmy Kooh

Wong Ying

Little Lin Yuk

Monie

Wednesday

Policeman

Deng Liang Mei's Mother

Monie's Father

Photographer

Photographer

Nightclub Patron

Loiterer Playing Cards

Loiterer Playing Cards

Gangster

Gangster
October 24, 1985

Mary Lai Shui Mei

Jimmy Kooh

Wong Ying

Little Lin Yuk

Monie

Wednesday

Policeman

Deng Liang Mei's Mother

Monie's Father

Photographer

Photographer

Nightclub Patron

Loiterer Playing Cards

Loiterer Playing Cards

Gangster

Gangster

