Cast
- Zhu Xiaoping as Amerika, a delinquent youth living with his single mother in Fujian province. Bored and unsupervised, Amerika has become part of a gang who seek out "remittance widows" to blackmail after filming their trysts with lovers.
- Wang Ruiyin as Amerika's mother, who is herself an agent of the human trafficker "The Czech." One critic specially praised Wang's portrayal of Amerika's mother as effectively capturing a character who was both a devout Christian and also a criminal in human trafficking.
- Luo Jin as Dragon, another youth in Amerika's gang. Unlike his companions, however, Dragon commits crimes in order to help support his family. He dreams of escaping China, however, to follow in the footsteps of his brother who has already illegally emigrated to Ireland.
- Zhang Jianjie as Roppongi, the leader of Amerika's blackmail ring.
- Gao Qing as The Czech, Amerika's mother's boss and a major figure in Fujian's human smuggling underground.
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