To Sam-Ku
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Birthday: January 01, 1895
Deathday: January 01, 1983
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The Diary of a Husband
1964-05-27
The Diary of a Husband
Overview: The Diary of a Husband serves as an illustration for the arrival of the white-collar economy, in which the extended family is replaced by the smaller nuclear family. It is a story about four pals who work at the same office, which, like other white-collar workplaces, has become the men's primary site of life, where livings are made and friendships fostered. Meanwhile, their wives have fostered something of their own—a brigade to catch cheating husbands. Much comedy is then generated by the cat-and-mouse game between the men and the women...The battle line drawn here between the sexes remains for years, to the extent that this very same story has been retold many times in Hong Kong films, including Men Suddenly in Black, the 2003 Pang Ho-cheung film with a similar Chinese title.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1964-05-27
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Mr Wong's Adventures with the Unruly Girl
1959-09-09
Mr Wong's Adventures with the Unruly Girl
Overview: The film is adapted from Chinese classic comic series Mr Wong, with Tang Bik-wan joining hands with the magnificent Sun Ma Si-tsang and Tam Lan-hing to give a dazzling performance. Wong (Sun Ma Si-tsang) passes off as the company's manager to pursue the beauty Hui (Tang Bik-wan) behind his fearsome wife's (Tam Lan-hing) back. Unbeknown to him, Hui is actually the fiancée of his nephew (Sima Wah-lung), to whom he has refused to lend money. Scenes in which Hui plays pranks on him and tricks him into providing funds for her are spiced up by the lively acting of Sun Ma as a wife-fearing perv and Tang as a sassy girl with a sharp tongue. The film ends with Wong making excuses to meet Hui at a hotel but getting caught by his feisty wife. Whilst both are acclaimed comedians in their own right, brassy Tam and composed Tang together pull Sun Ma's leg in an unmissable classic slapstick.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1959-09-09
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Father is Back
1961-05-17
Father is Back
Overview: Cheung framed Chan For. Chan orders his wife not to tell this to their children, Ah Lan and Hung. His wife passes away. On her deathbed, she asked a neighbour, To Chung-man, to take care of her children. Claiming to be a good friend of their father, Chan For moves in to the bed next to Ah Lan to take care of his children. Hung likes this uncle because he always treats him generously. But Ah Lan finds "Uncle For" weird and enthusiastic. Ah Lan is forced to pay her mother's debt. Hung is suffering from acute appendicitis. To solve Ah Lan's financial problem, Chung-man returns to his rich family and accept an arranged marriage. Ah Lan decides to sell herself to the construction site foreman for one night. Chan For wants to stop his daughter from making this deal, so he agrees to work for Cheung again. The next day he carries out a robbery and is caught. Ah Lan and Chung-man visit him in jail, and hold their wedding ceremony in front of him. He looks forward to the days when he returns.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1961-05-17
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Family
1953-01-07
Family
Overview: "Family" (1953), which launched the Union Film legacy, "Spring" (1953) and "Autumn" (1954) are adaptations of Ba Jin's highly regarded novel "Torrent Trilogy". In "Family", director Ng Wui skilfully condenses the voluminous first part of the novel into an emotionally powerful and intellectually focused story of youngsters struggling to survive oppression and repression in a feudalistic family. This well-received film quickly established the company's reputation.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1953-01-07
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Parents' Hearts
1955-04-21
Parents' Hearts
Overview: An opera troupe has to dissolve in view of the poor economy. Comedian star Sang Kwai-lei loses his job and he has no alternative but to play the lion character in the opera troupe of his former junior apprentice Chan Hau and pawn his stage costume. He aims at earning enough money to support the final year's secondary school studies of his elder son Chi-kuen. Kuen however refuses to continue his studies, seeing that his father has to put aside his dignity to earn money and his mother is worried. Lei is enraged and uses the money to support his younger son Chi-wai's studies. Again, Lei loses his job and he resorts to giving street performances, his wife takes up sowing work in her spare time and she dies after a long illness. Kuen works to support himself through school, but Wai is less fortunate, he is forced to enrol in an opera troupe as an apprentice. Years later, the dying father joyfully embraces Chi-kuen's return from his studies.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1955-04-21
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Two Fools capture a Ghost
1959-10-08
Two Fools capture a Ghost
Overview: The town is rumoured to be haunted. Cheung Siu-chen pretends to be possessed so that her lover Lau Tin and his friend Lee Luk may heroically exorcise the ghost and curry favour with her father. Driven by greed and lust, the attendant of the ancestral temple and his underlings cast an enticing spell on Cheung and claim that Cheung is possessed with a fierce ghost. Lau and Lee expose the hoax and redeem Cheung. Cheung's father happily gives his consent to the marriage between his daughter and Lau.
Genres: Comedy Horror
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1959-10-08
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The Prince's Romantic Affairs
1958-03-04
The Prince's Romantic Affairs
Overview: Morris the Tailor seeks to get even with Gilbert, Earl of Chen who has stolen a set of expensive clothes from him. Morris bumps into Princess Jenna and the two fall in love at first sight. But the king voices his opposition since Morris is from the grassroots. Gilbert suggests that Jenna's aunt adopts him as her foster son. In a split second, Morris is elevated to a royal and becomes the king's son-in-law.
Genres: Music Romance
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1958-03-04
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Backyard Adventures
1955-07-12
Backyard Adventures
Overview: Reporter Yu Mong-yuen is recovering from a leg injury in his fiancee Man-wah's apartment. Bored, he looks out the rear window and observes the life of the neighbouring building. Among the tenants are a sugar-daddy and his mistress, a middle-aged man wants to marry a young girl, but she is in love with his son. Finally, she hatches a plot and makes the man agree to her marrying his son ; a sly fortune-teller ; a lively gym, a rich widow quarrels with the trainer of a gymnasium because his dog has bitten her cat ; and an opera school, a woman signs, leaning on the balcony, and a man tries to strangle her. In fact they are rehearsing an opera…… One evening, Wah is on the night shift, and Yuen watches the opera troupe rehearse to the end. Under the influence of drugs, Yu mistakenly believes that a divorced man has murdered a taxi dancer. He alerts the police, but the whole thing is nothing more than a misunderstanding.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1955-07-12
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Eight Hundred Heroes
1938-04-02
Eight Hundred Heroes
Overview: Hong Kong film of 800 Chinesse soldiers guard the important warehouse district against the invading Japanese Army. Made in the same year that mainland China made their own The Eight Hundred Heroes.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1938-04-02
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Ten Thousand Li Ahead
1941-01-01
Ten Thousand Li Ahead
Overview: Driver Ko Wah (Lee Ching) refuses to transport ammunitions for the enemy, and is sent to jail after a scuffle with his traitorous boss. Although down and out, Ko takes in Siu-fung (Yung Siu-yi), an unwilling erotic dancer who has fled the war to Hong Kong. They may lead destitute lives, but their conscience remains intact. Director Cai Chusheng co-founded the National Salvation Association of Cinema. When Ko makes a uproar at the dance parlour and rips apart his friend's zombie costume, it represents Cai's criticism on the muddling-along attitude of Hong Kong society at the time. The characters' decision to return to the mainland to join the resistance effort also foretells Cai's decision to do the same in real-life.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1941-01-01
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A Mad Woman
1964-12-23
A Mad Woman
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Genres: Horror Drama History
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1964-12-23
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The Voyage of the Dead
1954-11-19
The Voyage of the Dead
Overview: HK historical drama.
Genres: History Drama Horror
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1954-11-19
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The Misguided Spirit in the Well
1950-01-06
The Misguided Spirit in the Well
Overview: HK historical drama.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1950-01-06
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A Fisherman's Girl
1936-05-28
A Fisherman's Girl
Overview: Hong Kong drama.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1936-05-28
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Compassion
1936-08-07
Compassion
Overview: Hong Kong drama.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1936-08-07
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The Mad Woman
1937-05-16
The Mad Woman
Overview: Hong Kong drama.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1937-05-16
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The Wild Old Man
1937-05-28
The Wild Old Man
Overview: Hong Kong comedy.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1937-05-28
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Five Blessings in a Row
1950-12-31
Five Blessings in a Row
Overview: Law Hing is forced by her stepmother to marry the dumb son of the Tang family. Another girl Au To is forced to marry Ma Siu-fuk, son of the rich Ma family, to pay off her father's debts. On the wedding day, To's lover See Fuk-chau returns from Vietnam. Deeply in love with Fuk-chau, To decides to go to the Ma family to decline the arranged marriage. To avoid the Ma elders and her father from losing face, she begs Siu-fuk to stage a pretended marriage. As the wedding ceremonies proceed, To's bridal sedan collides with Hing's in the street. The carriers lock in a row and a confusion reigns in which the brides take the wrong sedans. To is mistakenly taken to the Tang family, while Hing is sent to the Ma family. Although Siu-fuk is attracted to Hing, he agrees to send her home. The four families attempt to settle the case in court. The judge rules that the previous arrangements are but trades and declares them null and void. Fuk-chau and To can now fulfill their wish.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1950-12-31
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The Vagabond Master, Part 3
1948-08-28
The Vagabond Master, Part 3
Overview: The Kunlun swordsmen carries out a rescue mission to save the little boy who has been abducted by the evil monk. Eager to take revenge on the Kunlun Sect and carry on with his plot to cause chaos, the evil monk seeks help from his fellow brother who uses sorcery to shrink people.
Genres: Action Fantasy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1948-08-28
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In the Face of Demolition
1953-11-26
In the Face of Demolition
Overview: This early leftist social drama from Hong Kong offers a panoramic portrait of a crumbling apartment complex and its down-and-out denizens, including a taxi driver, an unemployed teacher, a professional reduced to selling his blood and, of course, a venal landlord. In addition to establishing an omnipresent theme in Hong Kong cinema – the plight of the urban poor – the film is also a prime example of the popular melodramas of the time, which featured displaced Mainland film stars.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1953-11-26
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Back to the Motherland!
1937-12-08
Back to the Motherland!
Overview: Hong Kong war film.
Genres: War
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1937-12-08
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The Flying General
1938-02-05
The Flying General
Overview: Hong Kong war film.
Genres: War
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1938-02-05
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All the Love Heaven Allows
1952-04-19
All the Love Heaven Allows
Overview: A shoe salesman and a tailor respectively fall in love with two sisters, Yuk-sin and Yuk-ling, both reputed singers on the radio. The men devise various schemes to meet the two women. Fourth Aunt, the sisters' mother, treats the two women as commodities to be traded off to the highest bidder, greedily making money off their talents by arranging lucrative concerts. The shoe salesman and the tailor disguise themselves as rich men to get close to their dream lovers. Finally, the sisters are won over by true love.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1952-04-19
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The Matchmaker
1959-09-30
The Matchmaker
Overview: Mr Wong falls head over heels for Lan, a beautiful waitress. He bugs her constantly to ask for her hand, and even goes as far as lying about his wife being dead and secretly planing to marry his wife off to a friend. Lan decides to play a prank on him to teach him a lesson.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1959-09-30
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The Light of Women
1937-08-10
The Light of Women
Overview: ‘After two relationships that fail to lead to marriage, Luk Mo-jing (Lee Yi-nin) moves to a nearby town to escape being married off to a rich factory owner. In her new life, she finally meets a man she loves, only to discover that he, too, is an incompetent coward. With her adopted daughter Sau-wah (Leong Tim-tim) in tow, Moying establishes a vocational school for children from poor families. Showing the harsh obstacles that face a woman in 1930’s Chinese society, the film depicts a new generation of women who believe in free will and independence.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1937-08-10
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Gossip Street
1974-05-17
Gossip Street
Overview: The place to be is flat number 8 on the second floor of the Gossip Street apartment building, where all the neighbors gather to gossip. The sitcom turns serious when a local mobster wants to change the place into a gambling den.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1974-05-17
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Resurrection
1955-04-01
Resurrection
Overview: Ah Hing is made pregnant by her master Fan Chun-kit. Fan soon leaves for his studies overseas while Ah Hing suffers gross prosecution and is reduced to becoming a prostitute. In a momentary slip of a struggle, Ah Hing commits manslaughter. Now a qualified lawyer, Fan acquits Ah Hing of the charge, and intends to marry her to redeem his negligence in the past. Ah Hing, however, is determined to pursue an independent life.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1955-04-01
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Spirit of the Broom
1939-07-16
Spirit of the Broom
Overview: A broom spirit disguises itself as a pretty woman at night and goes out to do evil deeds, seducing young men and then killing them. In just three months, hundreds of men have fallen victim to the broomstick spirit.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1939-07-16
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The Broom Spirit
1959-06-25
The Broom Spirit
Overview: Hong Kong horror comedy from 1959.
Genres: Horror Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1959-06-25
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The Heartless
1939-09-17
The Heartless
Overview: Kwong Shan-siu as a playboy who sweet-talks Leong Suet-fei into a romance with him. She becomes pregnant but discovers that Kwong is nothing more than a cad who has already put her at the back of his mind.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1939-09-17
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Ruckus at Kwong Cheong Lung
1949-02-23
Ruckus at Kwong Cheong Lung
Overview: Liao Xiao Qiao, a prostitute, is forced to commit suicide after being cheated by Zhao Huai An and turned into a ghost. To avenge her death, Xiao Qiao begs Liu Jun Xian, a hawker, to take her under an umbrella to the Kwong Cheong Lung grocery store owned by Huai An, so that she can be transformed into a beautiful woman and kill Huai An with her own hands.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1949-02-23
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Orphan Girl in Love
1951-05-04
Orphan Girl in Love
Overview: Drama from Hong Kong directed by Ng Wui.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1951-05-04
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Charming Night
1952-12-20
Charming Night
Overview: Comedy from Hong Kong directed by Chiang Wai-Kwong.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1952-12-20
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The Mismatched Marriage
1952-07-10
The Mismatched Marriage
Overview: Comedy from Hong Kong directed by Chiang Wai-Kwong.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1952-07-10
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A Second Visit to the City of Love
1952-01-05
A Second Visit to the City of Love
Overview: Comedy from Hong Kong directed by Yam Wu-Fa.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1952-01-05
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Two Lucky Fools
1959-10-08
Two Lucky Fools
Overview: A fortune-teller tells Ng Sze-tak that his days are numbered. His friend Chu Tai-fat is told that he will soon win a lottery. Soon, Chu's prediction comes true. Ng lives his days in terror until he realises that everything is but a false alarm.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1959-10-08
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羊城殲霸戰
1956-01-28
羊城殲霸戰
Overview: How Wong Fei-Hung Set Fire to Dashatou
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1956-01-28
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The Seventh Heaven
1956-08-09
The Seventh Heaven
Overview: Chan Siu-hung is forced to become a prostitute, with the police following hot on her heels. Ching Chi-ko comes to her defence by claiming to be her husband. Chan is put up at Ching's roof hut named the 'Seventh Heaven' and the two gradually fall in love. Soon the war breaks out. Ching is drafted to do hard labour by the Japanese army. When the war is over, the crippled Ching returns and lies to Chan that he is already a married man, hoping to persvade Chan to marry someone else. Nonetheless, Chan's devotion overwhelms Ching.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1956-08-09
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The Clumsy Gambler
1977-11-02
The Clumsy Gambler
Overview: Hong Kong comedy
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1977-11-02
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The Stormy Night
1960-05-18
The Stormy Night
Overview: Hong Kong horror.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1960-05-18
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It's a Women's World
1939-02-01
It's a Women's World
Overview: The first Hong Kong produced film to feature an all-female cast of 36 actresses. The ambitious project follows its 36 female characters, all of whom occupy different social positions to highlight the harsh reality of living as a woman in a modern society.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1939-02-01
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The Judge Goes to Pieces
1948-09-16
The Judge Goes to Pieces
Overview: The rapier wit is not only for playful bantering between a couple but also for fighting justice. Famed attorney Sung Sai-kit (Ma Si-tsang) is best known for his sharp pen and silver tongue. His wife Madam Tong (Hung Sin Nui), sympathetic with a wronged widow, tries every trick up her sleeve to get her husband to help. Ma is funny and lovable who morphs from the henpecked husband to the brilliant and shrewd attorney at court, he displays perseverance behind his devil-may-care and nonchalant attitude, even Stephen Chow reincarnated his persona in the 1992 version.
Genres: History Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1948-09-16
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Spy No. 13
1964-11-11
Spy No. 13
Overview: During World War II, spy Wu Lai-sheung is instructed by her superior Fan Yeung-shan to murder spy number 13 Cheung Chi-ping. While Wu establishes a relationship with Sakei, the assistant general of the Japanese army, she also gets acquainted with Cheung. Cheung and Wu fall in love. Wu recommends Cheung to become Sakei's driver. Cheung pretends to court the Japanese spy Siu-kuen, but Siu-kuen arranges to kill the spies contacting with him. Cheung has seen through Kuen's identity for long. When Kuen is going to kill Wu, Cheung kills Kuen, Fan compels Wu to kill Cheung. Wu follows the instruction to murder Cheung. After the murder, Wu disappears. After the war, Fan discovers Wu ends up in asylum. When he visits Wu, he tells her of Cheung's innocence. This breaks Wu's heart. Cheung turns out to have seen through Wu's identity for a long time and pretended to have been killed to cover up his identity and facilitate his work. With the truth known and the war ended, Cheung and Wu married.
Genres: Action Thriller Crime War Mystery
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1964-11-11
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A Couple in Cold War
1962-02-16
A Couple in Cold War
Overview: Ye Hui and Jiang Man were originally a loving couple. One time Hui received a 1000 dollar bonus, and his colleague Zhu Ge-Kong paid a plan to hide the bonus in the shoes and prepared to spend it on his own. After Man found out, he took the money away, and the two quarreled about it. , Hui asked for a divorce in anger, but he was not allowed to move away, so he only hung a tent in the bedroom as the "Chu River and Han Jie". After that, Huichang fought with his wife, even pretending to have brain cancer, and tricked Man into taking care of him. , Unexpectedly, it was seen through by Man again. Manager Hong of Hui Company and Manager Mei of Man Company reunited, and the two companies merged together, and Man promoted the director, making it difficult for Hui and Kong. After the manager of Man Demei persuaded him, he witnessed the affection of others’ husbands and wives. Deeply ashamed, reconciliation with Hui is as good as ever.
Genres: Drama Romance Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1962-02-16
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Save Your Water Supply
1954-11-06
Save Your Water Supply
Overview: Pak coek gung's family rents the third floor of a tenement building. Due to the water shortage, Pak's porridge stall is difficult to operate. At that time, Ah Seng, the son of Pak, owed money to Cheung, the fat man downstairs. Cheung saw that the porridge stall could not operate, so he took away the license of the porridge stall. In order to get the license back, Pak's daughter Miuying had to work as a dancer to pay off the debt. Then Pak's neighbors helped the porridge stall reopen and even reported Cheung for wasting water.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1954-11-06
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苦海嬌兒
1967-09-27
苦海嬌兒
Overview: The Adventure of an Orphan
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1967-09-27
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Eight Immortals in the World of Men
1951-05-13
Eight Immortals in the World of Men
Overview: Eight Immortals in the World of Men
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1951-05-13
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Eighteen Marriages of a Smart Girl
1954-07-03
Eighteen Marriages of a Smart Girl
Overview: Eighteen Marriages of a Smart Girl
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1954-07-03
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Good Luck
1965-11-02
Good Luck
Overview: good luck in HK
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1965-11-02
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