The Natural Son
Original title: 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.
Top-billed cast
Crew
- Director
- Chor Yuen
- Writers
- Luk Mei, Chor Yuen
- Producers
- Ho Chee Siang, Poon Bing-Kuen
- Production
- Kong Ngee Motion Picture Production Company
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The Natural Son was directed by Chor Yuen.
When was The Natural Son released?
The Natural Son was released in 1959.
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