Mr. Sardine
1994, Cantonese. Directed by Derek Chiu.
Derek Chiu Sung-kei directs this low-budget yarn about a mild-mannered grocery store clerk named Sardine (Dayo Wong Chi-wah) who lives a highly ordered life in an apartment filled with canned goods. His equilibrium is smashed when his landlady evicts him to make way for her daughter Anna (Irene Wan Pik-ha) to move in. When the middle-aged woman keels over from a bad combination of Panadol and liquor, Sardine believes that he is responsible for her death and tries to hide the body. Trouble ensues when Anna finds the corpse in Sardine's apartment while Sardine contends with a devious fellow employee who tries to get him canned from the supermarket.
- Runtime
- 1h 45m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Cantonese
- Rated
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- Released
- 9 September 1994
- Original title
- 沙甸魚殺人事件
- Country
- Hong Kong
- Written by
- Jason Lam Kee-to, John Chan Kin-Chung, Chan Ka-Cheong
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Mr. Sardine runs 105 minutes (1h 45m).
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Mr. Sardine isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 9 September 1994. (Checked 11 November 2026.)
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Who directed Mr. Sardine?
Mr. Sardine (1994) was directed by Derek Chiu and stars Dayo Wong Tsz-wah, Irene Wan, Liu Kai-Chi.