湖畔草 (1959)
The Natural Son
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.
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Patsy Ka Ling
as Fong Man-yu
as Fong Man-yu
Nam Hung
as Fong Man-wai
as Fong Man-wai
Patrick Tse Yin
as Chui Chung-ming
as Chui Chung-ming
Kong Yat-fan
as Mok Wai-sang
as Mok Wai-sang
Keung Chung-Ping
as Wan Sum-man
as Wan Sum-man
Wong Cho-San
as Fong's father
as Fong's father
Lee Yuet-Ching
as Fong's mother
as Fong's mother
Yeung Yip-Wang
as Mok's father
as Mok's father
Ma Siu-Ying
as Mok's mother
as Mok's mother
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Crew arrow_drop_down
Chan Kon
Cinematography
Cinematography
Chor Yuen
Director
Director
Chan Ki-Yui
Art Direction
Art Direction
Poon Bing-Kuen
Production Manager
Production Manager
Kwok Keung
Editor
Editor
Tam Wang-Yuen
Recording Supervision
Recording Supervision
Ho Chee Siang
Executive Producer
Executive Producer
Hsu Tang
Still Photographer
Still Photographer
Luk Mei
Original Story
Original Story
Wong Bing
Continuity
Continuity
Poon Bing-Kuen
Producer
Producer
Eddie H. Wang Chi-Ren
Music
Music
Chor Yuen
Adaptation
Adaptation
Lin Wei
Lighting Artist
Lighting Artist
Ho Chi
Props
Props
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