The Natural Son (1959)
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.
Director: Chor Yuen
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Patsy Ka Ling as Fong Man-yu |
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Nam Hung as Fong Man-wai |
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Patrick Tse Yin as Chui Chung-ming |
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Kong Yat-fan as Mok Wai-sang |
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Keung Chung-Ping as Wan Sum-man |
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Wong Cho-San as Fong's father |
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Lee Yuet-Ching as Fong's mother |
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Yeung Yip-Wang as Mok's father |
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Ma Siu-Ying as Mok's mother |
| Crew | Chan Kon | Cinematography |
| Directing | Chor Yuen | Director |
| Art | Chan Ki-Yui | Art Direction |
| Production | Poon Bing-Kuen | Production Manager |
| Editing | Kwok Keung | Editor |
| Sound | Tam Wang-Yuen | Recording Supervision |
| Production | Ho Chee Siang | Executive Producer |
| Camera | Hsu Tang | Still Photographer |
| Writing | Luk Mei | Original Story |
| Directing | Wong Bing | Continuity |
| Production | Poon Bing-Kuen | Producer |
| Sound | Eddie H. Wang Chi-Ren | Music |
| Writing | Chor Yuen | Adaptation |
| Lighting | Lin Wei | Lighting Artist |
| Art | Ho Chi | Props |
