The Natural Son (1959)
1h 47m
Running Time
March 11, 1959Release Date
Plot.
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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Cast & Crew.

Patsy Ka Ling
Fong Man-yu

Nam Hung
Fong Man-wai

Patrick Tse Yin
Chui Chung-ming

Kong Yat-fan
Mok Wai-sang

Keung Chung-Ping
Wan Sum-man

Wong Cho-San
Fong's father

Lee Yuet-Ching
Fong's mother

Yeung Yip-Wang
Mok's father

Ma Siu-Ying
Mok's mother

Chan Kon
Cinematography

Chor Yuen
Director / Adaptation

Chan Ki-Yui
Art Direction

Poon Bing-Kuen
Production Manager / Producer

Kwok Keung
Editor

Tam Wang-Yuen
Recording Supervision

Ho Chee Siang
Executive Producer

Hsu Tang
Still Photographer

Luk Mei
Original Story

Wong Bing
Continuity

Eddie H. Wang Chi-Ren
Music

Lin Wei
Lighting Artist

Ho Chi
Props
Details.
Release DateMarch 11, 1959
Original Name湖畔草
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 47m
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
literary adaptation
wenyi (melodrama)