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An Orphan's Tragedy

An Orphan's Tragedy

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Drama

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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.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Runtime

113 mins

Rating

7/10

Release Date

11 February 1955

Country

Hong Kong

Cast

Cheung Wood-Yau

Cheung Wood-Yau

Wong Fuk-kwan

Yung Siu-yee

Yung Siu-yee

Bui-yee (adult)

Bruce Lee

Bruce Lee

Wong Fuk-kwan (child)

Ng Cho-Fan

Ng Cho-Fan

Fan Tin-sang

Josephine Siao Fong-Fong

Josephine Siao Fong-Fong

Bui-yee (child)

Lau Hak-Suen

Lau Hak-Suen

To Chai-yan

Mui Yee

Mui Yee

Choi-Hung (adult)

Wong Cho-San

Wong Cho-San

Old Wong

Yip Ping

Yip Ping

Mrs Fan

Chow Chi-Sing

Chow Chi-Sing

Old Chow

Ko Lo-Chuen

Ko Lo-Chuen

Poon Hing-gwai

Wong Fei-Fei

Wong Fei-Fei

Choi-hung (child)

Lee Pang-Fei

Lee Pang-Fei

Chan Yuk-sing

Ling Mung

Ling Mung

Old Yau

Gam Lau

Gam Lau

Bui-yee's mother

Cheung Sang

Cheung Sang

village neighbour

Chan Lap-Ban

Chan Lap-Ban

village neighbour

Chu Yau-Ko

Chu Yau-Ko

dancer at nightclub

Yuen Lap-Cheung

Yuen Lap-Cheung

pharmacy's customer

Lam Liu-Ngok

Lam Liu-Ngok

To's man

Fung Ging-Man

Fung Ging-Man

To's man

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