The Natural Son
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.
Year: 1959
Studio: Kong Ngee Motion Picture Production Company
Director: Chor Yuen
Cast: Patsy Ka Ling, Nam Hung, Patrick Tse Yin, Kong Yat-fan, Keung Chung-Ping, Wong Cho-San
Crew: Chan Kon (Cinematography), Chor Yuen (Director), Chan Ki-Yui (Art Direction), Poon Bing-Kuen (Production Manager), Kwok Keung (Editor), Tam Wang-Yuen (Recording Supervision)
Runtime: 107 minutes
Release: Mar 11, 1959
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Popularity: 4
Country: Hong Kong
Language: 广州话 / 廣州話
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
Keyword : literary adaptation, wenyi (melodrama)
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