Cageman

Plot

The movie explores the lives of tenants of the Wah Ha cage-house, who try to resist to stay in their cage-homes after the landlord announces he will take the building back and demolish it.

Cast

Roy Chiao – Koo Yiu-Cho aka Fatso, the person in charge of the cage-house who collects rents and pays them to the landlord

Liu Kai-chi – Prince Sam, Koo Yiu-Cho's adult son who has intellectual disability

Wong Ka Kui – Mao, Lam Tsung's adopted son who joins to live with the tenants and has a criminal past

Michael Lee Ming-Yeung – 7–11, a 99-year-old tenant who sells goods to other tenants

Victor Wong – Sissy, a tenant who is close friends with 7-11 and assists him

Teddy Robin – Tong Sam aka Monkey Man, a short tenant who owns a pet monkey named Tucker

Lau Shun – Taoist, a philosophical tenant who always carries a bottle of wine with him

Joe Junior – Charlie, a former tenant who often visits the cage-house and brings food for other tenants

Ku Feng – Luk Tung, a tenant who works as a handyman

Tats Lau – Brother Sang

Chow Chung – Councillor Chow

Dennis Chan – Councillor Tsui

Bowie Wu – Officer Lam Tsung, Mao's adoptive father

Teddy Chan – Possession order messenger

Sze Kai-Keung – TV interviewer

Herman Yau – TV director

Tang Cheung – Dai Lap Hing

Production

In an interview for EasternKicks, Cheung said that the idea to make a film about Hong Kong's housing issues came from a newspaper reporter, who had hoped that the director would help draw the general public's attention to this matter.

Post-release

In March 2026, M+ announced that they had restored Cageman under their film preservation program, M+ Restored. The restored film had its international premiere at the 50th Hong Kong International Film Festival in April 2026, as well as the Far East Film Festival that same month. Distributor Kani Releasing also announced plans to distribute the film in North America.