The Natural Son

The Natural Son

1959
1h 47m
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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.

Status: Released

Language: CN

Production Information

Production Companies
Kong Ngee Motion Picture Production Company
Production Countries
Hong Kong
Spoken Languages
Cantonese

Quick Facts

Original Title 湖畔草
Release Date March 11, 1959
Status Released
Language CN
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Cast

Patsy Ka Ling
Patsy Ka Ling

Fong Man-yu

Nam Hung
Nam Hung

Fong Man-wai

Patrick Tse Yin
Patrick Tse Yin

Chui Chung-ming

Kong Yat-fan
Kong Yat-fan

Mok Wai-sang

Keung Chung-Ping
Keung Chung-Ping

Wan Sum-man

Wong Cho-San
Wong Cho-San

Fong's father

Lee Yuet-Ching
Lee Yuet-Ching

Fong's mother

Yeung Yip-Wang
Yeung Yip-Wang

Mok's father

Ma Siu-Ying
Ma Siu-Ying

Mok's mother

Key Crew

Chor Yuen
Director
Ho Chee Siang
Executive Producer
Poon Bing-Kuen
Producer