The Trough (film)

The Trough
The Trough
	Official film poster
Traditional Chinese	低壓槽
Simplified Chinese	低压槽
Hanyu Pinyin	Dī Yā Cáo
Jyutping	Dai1 Ngaat3 Cou4
Directed by	Nick Cheung
Screenplay by	Nick Cheung; Wen Ning
Produced by	Claudie Chung; Cheung Chi-kwong
Starring	Nick Cheung ; Xu Jinglei ; He Jiong ; Yu Nan ; Michael Miu ; Yuen Wah ; Maggie Cheung
Cinematography	Cheung Man-po
Edited by	Li Ka-wing
Music by	Chan Kwong-wing ; Benson Chen
Production; companies	One Cool Film Production ; Bona Film Group ; Er Dong Pictures; Beijing Each Media; J.Q. Pictures; Uni Connect Broadcast Production; PJ One Cool Film; Shanghai Gutian Films; Star Talent Production
Distributed by	Edko Films (Hong Kong); One Cool Pictures (International)
Release dates	28 April 2018(China); 3 May 2018(Hong Kong);
Running time	112 minutes
Countries	Hong Kong ; China
Languages	Cantonese; English
Budget	US$22 million
Box office	US$6.06 million

Last updated May 18, 2025

The Trough, formerly known as Taste of Crime, is a 2018 Hong Kong neo-noir crime thriller film written and directed by Nick Cheung, who also stars alongside Xu Jinglei, He Jiong and Yu Nan.

Plot

Undercover police officer Yu Chau (Nick Cheung) has successfully apprehended many criminals in the city of full of evil. Because a child abduction case, Yu's identity is starting to be brought to light, attracting the hunt from criminal groups. In order to adhere to justice within his heart, Yu does not hesitate to risk his life to start a life and death battle of wits against the leader of the mysterious criminal group.

Cast

Nick Cheung as Yu Chau (于秋)
Xu Jinglei as The Boss (宫田惠美子)
- Keira Wang plays The Boss as a child.
He Jiong as Jim
Yu Nan as Jackie (special appearance)
Michael Miu as Ching Wan (程昀; special appearance)
Yuen Wah as Chun Wah (春華; special appearance)
Maggie Cheung Ho-yee as Diane Cheung (張書文; special appearance)
Lam Suet as Nine Lame Fingers (九指跛)
Louis Cheung as Jeejah
Li Haitao as Zhong (阿仲忠)
Zaha Fathima as The girl
Chris Collins as Frankie
Paul Chun as Chief Lee (李局長; guest appearance)
Ni Dahong as Mr. Ren (任先生; guest appearance)
Philip Ng as Leader of the security guards (guest appearance)

Production

Production for The Trough began in January 2017. Filming took place in Shanghai, Japan and Thailand before wrapping up on 9 May 2017 in Shanghai.^[3]^[4]

Release

The film's first teaser trailer was released on 11 March 2017 which was also presented at the 2017 Hong Kong FILMART.^[5]^[4] The film was theatrically released in Hong Kong on 3 May 2018.^{[ citation needed ]}

Box office

The Trough was a box-office bomb, grossing only US$6,061,514 worldwide against a budget of US$22 million.^[2]

In Hong Kong, the film grossed a total of HK$4,716,276 during its theatrical run from 3 May to 6 June 2018.^[6]

In China, the film grossed a total of CN¥34,909,000 at the box office.^[7]

References

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[box-2] 1 2 "The Trough - Box Office Mojo".

[3] "張家輝拍《低壓槽》身兼編導演一腳踢連徐靜蕾頭髮顏色都要理". 10 May 2017.

[look-4] 1 2 "Nick Cheung sports new look for latest directorial effort". 16 March 2017.

[5] "《低壓槽》Taste of Crime 神秘預告- YouTube". YouTube .

[6] "【香港票房2018】黃子華《棟篤特工》半年霸唯一打入中西片十大". 5 July 2018.

[7] "低压槽：欲望之城（2018） The Trough - endata".

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