An Orphan's Tragedy | |
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Traditional Chinese | 孤 星 血淚 |
Simplified Chinese | 孤星血泪 |
Literal meaning | tiny orphan, tears of blood |
Hanyu Pinyin | Gū xīng xuèlèi |
Jyutping | Gu1 Sing1 Hyut3 Leoi6 |
Directed by | Chu Kei |
Screenplay by | Ching Kong Chu Kei Lau Fong |
Based on | Great Expectations by Charles Dickens |
Starring | Bruce Lee Ng Cho-fan Lau Hak-suen Josephine Siao Cheung Wood-yau |
Cinematography | Suen Lun |
Music by | Chow Long |
Production company | Union Film Enterprise |
Release date |
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Running time | 113 minutes |
Country | Hong Kong |
Language | Cantonese |
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Profiteer To Chai-yan (Lau Hak-suen) framed Dickson Fan (Ng Cho-fan) for selling counterfeit medicine which led Fan to ten years of unjust imprisonment. Fan escapes prison to a rural farm where he meets teenager Frank Wong (Bruce Lee), who helps him escape arrest from the police. Later on, Fan discovers that Frank is his biological son and he finds a job outside at the provincial capital in order to earn money and anonymously pay for Frank to study medicine outside of town. Frank, not knowing that Fan is his father, believes that Fan is donating money to him out of gratitude. After graduating, Frank works at To's medical company. To has always suspected Frank to be Fan's son. In order to force Fan to come out of hiding, To frames Frank the way that he framed Fan back then. [2]
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