The Wrongly Accused Lover

The Wrongly Accused Lover (1951)

Comedy

The sophistication of 1950s Hong Kong cinema is vividly illustrated in this film of limited budget and resources. Cantonese opera star Sun Ma Si-tsang plays a country boy who looks exactly like Sun Ma and is asked by a rich girl to impersonate the star, to help her stage an opera. The self-reflexive humour generated by the absurd situation not only provides delicious parody of celebrity culture but also comments subtly on class inequality and the perils of urbanisation. Sun Ma, who also appears as himself in a stage performance, is complemented beautifully by the brilliant comedian Yee Chau-shui as his sidekick and Hung Sin Nui, another opera superstar, as the spoiled and precocious rich girl.

Director: Ng Wui
Writer: Lo Yu-Kei

Casts

	Hung Sin-Nui as
	Yung Siu-Yi as
	Sun-Ma Sze-Tsang as
	Yee Chau-Sui as
	Yip Ping as
	Choi Chun-Chu as
	Fung Ying-Seung as
	Wong Cho-San as
	Chow Chi-Sing as
	Cheng Kwun-Min as
	Lee Yuet-Ching as
	Lam Siu as
	Gam Lau as
	Fung Siu-Kuen as
	Lam Liu-Ngok as
	Leung Bo-Ching as
	Ma Siu-Ling as
	Cheung Chi-Suen as
	Lai Ming as
	Chan Lap-Ban as
	Yuen Lap-Cheung as

Crew