The Natural Son (1959)
湖畔草
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.
What is The Natural Son about?
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. The Natural Son is a Drama, Family movie, released on 1959-03-11, runtime 107 minutes.
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Directed by
Chor Yuen
Cast
- 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
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