| The natural son |
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| Language |
Dialogue in Cantonese ;
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| Physical Description |
sound, b&w ; 35 mm.
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| Period |
Contemporary.
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| Genre |
Melodrama (Wenyi) (Genre)
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| Note |
The original Luk Mei's "Three-dime novel" "Illegitimate child", published by Universal Publisher, was adapted into the Rediffusion Radio airwave novel "Grass by the lake".
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| Release Date |
11. 03. 1959.
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| Prod. Place |
Hong Kong.
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| Credits |
Director, Chor Yuen.
Story Adaptation, Cho Yuen (aka Chor Yuen) ; Executive Producer, Ho Khee-siang ; Producer, Poon Bing-kuen ; Author, Luk Mei ; Cinematographer, Chan Kon ; Editor, Kwok Keung ; Music, Eddie H. Wang ; Script Continuity, Wong Bing ; Recording, Tam Wang-yuen ; Props, Ho Chi.
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| Casts |
Patsy Kar 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-shan (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).
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| Prod. Co |
Hong Kong : Kong Ngee Motion Picture Production Company, 1959.
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| Other Organisation |
1959 [Release].
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| Title |
The natural son
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| Trans. Title |
Grass by the lake
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| Pinyin |
Hu pan cao
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| Synopsis |
Fong Man-yu is abandoned just when she finds herself pregnant with the child of her lover, a married man, Wan Sum-man. Her younger sister, Man-wai, in order to hide the truth from the family, asks Yu to stay with her boyfriend, Mok Wai-seng's family in Hong Kong. Later, she falls in love with Chui Chung-ming, a pilot, and unfolds to him her past. Ming is unforgiving and leaves her. Yu has a difficult labour and on her deathbed, she entrusts the baby to Wai.
Wai wants to raise her sister's child, but as the Mok family object to the idea of Wai's having to bring a baby into the family when she marries their son, she decides to leave Seng. In order to persuade her parents to allow her to keep the child in the Fong family, she falsely tells them that it is actually Yu and Ming's child. Finally the child's real father, Man, comes to collect his child. But when Wai and Ming realise that he only want the child for a very selfish reason - to ensure the family line - they refuse to give him what he wants and chase him away. Wai tells Chui the tragic news, and the two resolve to raise the child together. True love blossoms between them.
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| Organisation |
Kong Ngee Motion Picture Production Company, production.
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| Collection |
DVD. 1 DVD (107mins) : sd., b&w. Dialogue in Cantonese ; No subtitle. With LCSD & HKFA logo. “HKFA” on the right corner. 有雜聲及雪花. DVD6862 (c.1-c.2).
Handbill. San Francisco, United States of America : 世界戲院. 1 p. loose leaf : b&w, double sided ; 22 x 36 cm. Included synopsis and《樑上佳人》, 《晚娘》advertisements. HB1191.1.
Handbill. 金華 ; 好萊塢戲院. 1 p. loose leaf : single col., double sided (photocopy) ; 21 x 30 cm. HB1191.2.
Still. 12 styles (22 stills) : b&w ; 25 x 30 cm. PH2525.
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| Translate of |
湖畔草. 湖畔草
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| Personality |
Chor Yuen, 1934-2022/2/21, director. story adaptation.
Ho, Khee-siang, executive producer.
Luk, Mei, (author of the 50's), author.
Poon, Bing-kuen, 1922/3/25-2002/11/7, producer.
Chan, Kon, cinematographer.
Kwok, Keung, (editing, sound, production assistant of the 40-90's), editor.
Wang, Eddie H., 1913-1981/9/15, music.
Wong, Bing (assistant director of the 40-60's), script continuity.
Tam, Wang-yuen, recording.
Ho, Chi, props.
Kar Ling, Patsy, (actress of the 50-60's), 1935-2022/11/21, cast.
Nam Hung, 1934- cast.
Tse Yin, Patrick, 1936-2026/7/16, cast.
Kong, Yat-fan, cast.
Keung Chung Ping, 1922/9/6-1999/12/28, cast.
Wong, Cho-shan, cast.
Lee, Yuet-ching, cast.
Yeung, Yip-wang, cast.
Ma, Siu-ying, 1908-1978/2/9, cast.
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