The Orphan (1960 film)

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The Orphan
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The Orphan, 1960 film
Traditional Chinese 人海孤鴻
Simplified Chinese 人海孤鸿
Hanyu Pinyin Rén Hǎi Gū Hóng
Jyutping Jan4 Hoi2 Gu1 Hung4
Directed by Lee Sun-fung
Screenplay byNg Cho-fan
Story byAu-yeung Tin
Produced byNg Cho-fan
Starring Bruce Lee, Ng Cho-fan, Yin Pak, Fung Fung, Yuet-ching Lee
CinematographySuen Lun
Yuen Chang-sam
Edited byKwok Keung
Music byLam Sing-yap
Production
company
Hualien Films
Release date
  • 3 March 1960 (1960-03-03)
Running time
104 minutes
CountryHong Kong
Language Cantonese

The Orphan is a 1960 Hong Kong drama film directed by Lee Sun-fung and starring a then eighteen-year-old Bruce Lee. The film is based on the novel of the same Chinese title by Au-yeung Tin. The Orphan was filmed in the early months of 1959, and the last Hong Kong film of Bruce Lee made in Hong Kong during his teenager years until 1971, before Lee returned to the United States in April 1959. The film was ranked number 52 of the Best 100 Chinese Motion Pictures at the 24th Hong Kong Film Awards. [1]

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Plot

During the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War, Ho See-kei lost his wife Lan and his daughter while also being separated from his son To and his maid Sister Five. After the war, Ho became the headmaster of an orphanage and foils orphan Sam's plan to rob rich man, Cheung Kat-cheung, and widow Yiu So-fung. Ho persuades Sam to rehabilitate and returns the things that he had stolen. Ho invites Fung to teach at the orphanage while also successfully persuading Sam to enter school.

One night, Sam misses his family and quietly leaves to see the Cheung family's maid Sister Five. Fung mistakenly thought he was joining the gang and scolds him. Sam was displeased at Fung and plays a trick on her, which leads to punishment from Ho. Triad leader Kwo-kong Lung takes the chance to threaten Sam to kidnap Cheung's son Sing. Ho goes to Cheung's house to understand the situation and discovers that Sister Five was his maid before the war, while also discovers that Sam is his son. Sam fails to save Sing and got his ear cut off by Lung. He then struggles to return to the orphanage where he acquaints with his father Ho and he repents and leads to police to rescue Sing.

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References

  1. ↑ "The Orphan (1960)". hkmdb.com. 3 March 1960. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 "The Orphan (1960)". bfi.org.uk. 1960. Archived from the original on 19 February 2018. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
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