The Natural Son

The Natural Son (1959)


  • Genre: Drama, Family
  • Release Date: 1959-03-11
  • Runtime: 1h 47min
  • Language: 广州话 / 廣州話
  • Production Company: Kong Ngee Motion Picture Production Company
  • Production Country: Hong Kong
  • Director: Chor Yuen

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Summary

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
  • Nam Hung

    as Fong Man-wai
  • Patrick Tse Yin

    as Chui Chung-ming
  • Kong Yat-fan

    as Mok Wai-sang
  • Keung Chung-Ping

    as Wan Sum-man
  • Wong Cho-San

    as Fong's father
  • Lee Yuet-Ching

    as Fong's mother
  • Yeung Yip-Wang

    as Mok's father
  • Ma Siu-Ying

    as Mok's mother
Directing Chor Yuen Director
Production Ho Chee Siang Executive Producer
Directing Wong Bing Continuity
Camera Hsu Tang Still Photographer
Editing Kwok Keung Editor
Sound Eddie H. Wang Chi-Ren Music
Production Poon Bing-Kuen Production Manager
Lighting Lin Wei Lighting Artist
Production Poon Bing-Kuen Producer
Crew Chan Kon Cinematography
Art Ho Chi Props
Art Chan Ki-Yui Art Direction
Writing Luk Mei Original Story
Sound Tam Wang-Yuen Recording Supervision
Writing Chor Yuen Adaptation