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湖畔草

湖畔草

(1959)

Overview

Chor Yuen started his directorial career with a bang. From its very first image, The Natural Son establishes Chor as a filmmaker of stylistic flourish, which would be sustained in various forms throughout his long tenure. Adapted from '30 cents' pulp fiction, it is a Kong Ngee melodrama made in the studio's mould, with Westernised characters and trendy middle-class lifestyles. Yet, Chor's first film is not exempt from the social urgency that characterises the Cantonese cinema of his father, Cheung Wood-yau. The film cloaks its entertainment in a moral deliberation on blood ties, its story about the raising of a bastard child a head-on challenge of archaic family values. An ostentatious start for a colourful and eventful career.

Featured Crew

  1. Director : Chor Yuen
  2. Producer : Poon Bing-Kuen
  3. Editor : Kwok Keung
  4. Cast : Patsy Ka Ling,Nam Hung,Patrick Tse Yin,Kong Yat-fan,Keung Chung-Ping,Wong Cho-San,Lee Yuet-Ching,Yeung Yip-Wang,Ma Siu-Ying

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Original Title湖畔草

Status Released

Release Information

  • 1959-03-11

Original LanguageUnknown

Runtime 01h 47m

Homepagehttps://mcms.lcsd.gov.hk/FAMS_ipac/cclib/search/showBib.jsp?oai=Y&f=e&id=65537181376005

Production CompaniesKong Ngee Motion Picture Production Company

Genres

  • Drama
  • Family

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