Acouple in distress

年代 :	Contemporary
年份 :	1948
首映时间 :	1948-04-14
语言 :	DialogueinCantonese.
片种 :	Melodrama (Wenyi) (Genre)
物料 :	sound, b&w
内容介绍 :	The widows Cheung Yuk-kan and Ho Pui-fun set out to return to their respective homes after the war. Being fellow sufferers during the war, the widows go separate ways reluctantly. Pui-fun goes back to her village with her daughter only to discover their home in ruins. With no way to turn, Pui -fun decides to go to Hong Kong to look up Yuk-kan. Unable to find her, Pui-fun and daughter are reduced to begging. One day, she bumps into Yuk-kan hawking in the street. Yuk-kan invites Pui- fun to stay with her. Their neighbours are all forced into illegal hawking to survive. The local ruffian Tong Put-sang has his eye on Pui-fun, hoping to recruit her as a prostitute. Tong makes life difficult for Pui-fun but she gains the help of rickshaw puller Lee Yik-man and for this, Yik-man is arrested. Yuk-kan owes debts to loan sharks and is beaten up. Pui-fun mistakenly trusts an associate of Tong who disguises as an old friend of her husband. He tricks her into working for a company fronting for a brothel. Pui-fun gives in, for the sake of making a living. Yik-man comes out of jail but Pui-fun is too ashamed to see him. One night, Yik-man sees Pui-fun streetwalking and comes forward to see her. Yik-man gives chase while Pui-fun runs up a building and kills herself by jumping off the roof. Her relatives and friends decide to settle scores with Tong Put-sang and his gang. Finally, Yik-man and his neighbours set out to sea in search of greener pastures. (Extracted from the film synopsis.)
备注 :	Before the war, director Su Yee was employed as writer-director in Shanghai's Yihua and Lianhua Companies He was also a key employee of the China Film Studio in Sichuan For his research in making this film , Su interviewed many streetwalkers and visited the "pigeon cages" housing Hong Kong's destitute (Extracted from a newspaper clipping written by Yip Wui)Film review, 'In this tragedy depicting the society's lower class, the characters are familiar to us; the narrative is structured tightly with many interesting twists this is a rare outstanding work in Cantonese cinema' (Lau Bing, 'From Cantonese cinema to "A couple in distress"', 1948 newspaper clipping)
制作人 :	Director, So Yee (Su Yi). Scriptwriter, So Yee (Su Yi).
演员 :	Yung Siu-yee (as Ho Pui-fun), Cheung Ying (as Lee Yik-man), Yee Chau-shui (as Ho Chau), Yip Ping (as Cheung Yuk-kan), Ko Lo Chuen, Lau Kwai-hong (as Fatty), Pik-sai (as child), Chow Chi-sing (as Tong Put-sang), Chu Hak.
出品公司 :	Liqun Film Company.
其他机构 :	1948 [Release].
中文资料 :	Acouple in distress
制作机构 :	Liqun Film Company, production.
台前幕后 :	So, Yee, director. scriptwriter. Yung, Siu-yi, 1921-1974/3/17, cast. Cheung Ying, 1919/1/25-1984/12/14, cast. Yee Chau Shui, 1904-1955, cast. Yip, Ping, cast. Ko Lo Chuen, 1909-1988/5/13, cast. Lau, Kwai-hong, 1918-1955/4/24, cast. Pik-sai, cast. Chow, Chi-sing, 1909-1956/7/1, cast. Chu Hak, 1919/4/1- cast.