Eight Taels of Gold [SEP] director
Eight Taels of Gold
Eight Taels of Gold () is a 1989 Hong Kong drama film directed by Mabel Cheung. The film was selected as the Hong Kong entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 63rd Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.
Cast.
- Sammo Hung as 'Slim' Cheng
- Sylvia Chang as Odds and Ends
See also.
- List of submissions to the 63rd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
- List of Hong Kong submissions for the
, 24 highly decorative solid-gold beds (each with eight different types of inlaid gemstones), 460 top-quality European clocks, 606 servants, 600 women in his harem.
His total property was ultimately estimated at around 1,100 million taels of silver, reputedly estimated to be an amount equivalent to the imperial revenue of the Qing government for 15 years. In his chief butler Liu Quan's quarters, a large quantity of treasures including 240,000 silver taels were also discovered. The Jiaqing Emperor charged Heshen with 20 crimes,