An Orphan's Tragedy
Seen it?1955 | 113 min | Drama
Monday Morning Maybeearly ratingWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With almost no lasting buzz and soft box office, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- If you count yourself among anyone nostalgic for their awkward years and fans of a good revenge story, this one's for you. Small moments carry real weight here, the way they do when you're young. Same wavelength as Big or Pleasantville. A revenge story, so expect the pressure to build to a reckoning.
- The mood
- Emotional (bring tissues).
- The pace
- Gives its people room to develop, at 1 hr 53 min.
- What might put you off
- It's in Cantonese, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
- Made in 1955: an older pace and style.
- Skip it if you need something light and fast tonight.
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.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerBelow par
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 4K people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by Chu Kei
- Cheung Wood-YauWong Fuk-kwan
- Yung Siu-yeeBui-yee (adult)
- Bruce LeeWong Fuk-kwan (child)
- Ng Cho-FanFan Tin-sang
- Josephine SiaoBui-yee (child)
- Lau Hak-suenTo Chai-yan
- Mui YeeChoi-Hung (adult)
- Wong Cho-SanOld Wong
- Yip PingMrs Fan
- Chow Chi-SingOld Chow