The Natural Son (1959)

ALL 03/11/1959 (cn) Drama, Family 107 Min
  • Release
    03/11/1959
  • Production
    Kong Ngee Motion Picture Production Company
  • Rotten tomato
    0%
  • Original title
    湖畔草
  • Original language
    cn
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
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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.

  1. Chor Yuen

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Kwok Keung

    Editor

  4. Poon Bing-Kuen

    Producer



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Casts

  1. Patsy Ka Ling

    Fong Man-yu

  2. Nam Hung

    Fong Man-wai

  3. Patrick Tse Yin

    Chui Chung-ming

  4. Kong Yat-fan

    Mok Wai-sang

  5. Keung Chung-Ping

    Wan Sum-man

  6. Wong Cho-San

    Fong's father

  7. Lee Yuet-Ching

    Fong's mother

  8. Yeung Yip-Wang

    Mok's father

  9. Ma Siu-Ying

    Mok's mother

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 9 , Crews : 15

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The Natural Son (1959) 107 Min

ALL 03/11/1959 (cn)
Drama, Family
  • Release 03/11/1959
  • Production
    Kong Ngee Motion Picture Production Company
  • Original title 湖畔草
  • cn
  • Revenue0.00

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.

  1. Chor Yuen

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Kwok Keung

    Editor

  4. Poon Bing-Kuen

    Producer