An Orphan's Tragedy (1955)
孤星血淚
Rascal To Chai-yan brings a false charge of selling fake medicine against doctor Fan Tin-sang, who is sentented to a twenty-year imprisonment. Fan makes an escape after a decade, and secretly provides for the education of his son Fuk-kwan brought up by a poor blacksmith. Fuk-kwan grows up to be a doctor practising in the country. To again does harm to Fuk-kwan, only this time Fan intervenes. Both he and To die in the fight.
Casting
- Cheung Wood-Yau — Wong Fuk-kwan
- Yung Siu-yee — Bui-yee (adult)
- Bruce Lee — Wong Fuk-kwan (child)
- Ng Cho-Fan — Fan Tin-sang
- Josephine Siao — Bui-yee (child)
- Lau Hak-suen — To Chai-yan
- Mui Yee — Choi-Hung (adult)
- Wong Cho-San — Old Wong
- Yip Ping — Mrs Fan
- Chow Chi-Sing — Old Chow
- Ko Lo-Chuen — Poon Hing-gwai
- Wong Fei-Fei — Choi-hung (child)
Interesting facts
An Orphan's Tragedy is a 1955 Hong Kong drama film co-written and directed by Chu Kei and starring Bruce Lee, Ng Cho-fan, Lau Hak-suen, Josephine Siao and Cheung Wood-yau. The film is a loose adaptation of Charles Dickens' 1861 novel Great Expectations.
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