Bin Bin — Unknown Pleasures Character Profile

About Bin Bin

Nineteen-year-old unemployed youth living in Datong. He spends his days watching TV with his girlfriend, attempts to join the PLA but fails due to hepatitis, borrows ¥1500 from Xiao Wu, and partners with Xiao Ji in a failed bank robbery. Arrested, he ends up forced to sing at the police station.

Bin Bin — Character Profile

Character Facts

Played by

Wei Wei Zhao

Appears in

Unknown Pleasures (2002)

Role

Protagonist

Relationships (4)

• Bin Bin — mother — Bin Bin's Mother (Ru Bai)
• Bin Bin — Social Best Friends — Xiao Ji (Qiong Wu)

  Longstanding companions who share an aimless lifestyle in Datong.

• Bin Bin — Professional Debtor-Creditor — Xiao Wu (Wang Hongwei)

  A transactional relationship where Xiao Wu provides capital to Bin Bin's desperation.

• Bin Bin — Social Friend — Qiao Qiao (Zhao Tao)

  A casual friendship formed through shared gratitude and leisure activities.

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More characters from Unknown Pleasures

• Qiao Qiao (Zhao Tao)
• Xiao Ji (Qiong Wu)
• Yuan Yuan (Feng Qing)
• Qiao San (Zhubin Li)
• Xiao Wu (Wang Hongwei)
• Man singing in street (uncredited) (Jia Zhangke)
• Bin Bin's Mother (Ru Bai)
• Xiao Ji's Father (Xi An Liu)
• Sister Zhu (Shou Lin Xu)
• Mr. Ren (Dao Xiao)
• Concubine (Zi Ying)