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Imprisoned: Survival Guide for Rich and Prodigal is a Hongkongais film of genre Drama with Gregory Wong
Imprisoned: Survival Guide for Rich and Prodigal (2015)
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Add to a movie listImprisoned: Survival Guide for Rich and Prodigal, (Chinese: 壹獄壹世界: 高登闊少踎監日記) is a 2015 Hong Kong prison comedy film directed by Christopher Sun and starring Gregory Wong, Justin Cheung, Tommy Wong, Liu Kai-chi, Babyjohn Choi and Jessy Li. The film was released on May 28, 2015.
Actors
Gregory Wong
(Nelson Yu)
Liu Kai-chi
(Uncle Dat)
Candice Yu
(Nelson's Mother)
Elvis Tsui
(Chief Warden Tsang)
Lam Suet
(Master Chef)
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