Sea Root
1995, Cantonese. Directed by Doug Chan Kin-Tak & Raymond To Kwok-Wai & Steven Siu Ging-Gaai & Cheung Chan-Bong & Michel Mak Shun-Ming & Kwok-Lap Lee.
Root, who was born into a boat family, bought a woman from mainland China, Lotus, to take care of his mother who had difficulty getting about. Lotus' optimistic and persevering character influenced everyone on the boat. The vicissitudes of life convinced Root that human was no different from the ever-changing sea.
- Runtime
- 1h 36m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Cantonese
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Cast & crew
- Doug Chan Kin-TakDirector
- Raymond To Kwok-WaiDirector
- Steven Siu Ging-GaaiDirector
- Cheung Chan-BongDirector
- Michel Mak Shun-MingDirector
- Kwok-Lap LeeDirector
- Lau Ching-wanRoot
- Alice Lau Nga-Lai Lotus
- Teresa Lee FungCast
- Yip ChunCast
- Woo FungCast
- Lee Kwok-CheungCast
- Milk Hoh Ho-YuenCast
- Ken Lok Tat-wahCast
- Cheung Suet-LingCast
- Jassie Lam Chak-ChiCast
- Ben Luk Man-WahCast
- Ho Man-YiCast
Details
- Released
- 25 May 1995
- Original title
- 海根
- Country
- Hong Kong
- Written by
- Raymond To Kwok-Wai
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Sea Root runs 96 minutes (1h 36m).
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Sea Root isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 25 May 1995. (Checked 2 November 2026.)
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Who directed Sea Root?
Sea Root (1995) was directed by Doug Chan Kin-Tak and Raymond To Kwok-Wai and Steven Siu Ging-Gaai and Cheung Chan-Bong and Michel Mak Shun-Ming and Kwok-Lap Lee and stars Lau Ching-wan, Alice Lau Nga-Lai , Teresa Lee Fung.