Director: Stanley Kwan
Script: Chui Dai An Ping, Lai Kit
Cinematographer: Johnny Koo
Editing: Chow Cheung-kan
Music: Violet Lam
Cast: Tony Leung, Elaine Jin, Chow Yun Fat, Tsai Chin, Wan Bik-ha
Production: D et B Films Co. Ltd. Hong Kong
Year: 1986
35 mm, Colour, 91 min,
OV Cantonese with French Subtitles
Unreleased
Young Taiwanese women Jade and Suk-ling come to Hong Kong and become friendly with Billie. The three of them share the same aim: become rich and famous. They meet Tony Cheung, a handsome drunk young man, son a wealthy rice trader. He enjoys night clubs and drinking. The four of them have a good time until that evening when Suk-link is murdered. Detective Lau, a divorcee quite ill, is in charge of the investigation. He feels very close to their lifestyle, yet ignoring the complicated love triangle binding them. They decide to leave for Suk-ling's hometown in the centre of Taiwan; once there they gra dually discover secrets…
Love unto Waste is Stanley Kwan's second film. Tony Leung Chiu Wai and Chow Yun Fat have now become very famous.