Father and Son
Directed byAllen Fong
Written byChan Chiu
Lilian Lee
Alfred Cheung
Produced byWong Kai-chuen
StarringShi Lei
Chu Hung
Yung Wai-man
David Lo
Ching Hor-wai
Cheung Yu-Ngot
CinematographyBill Wong
Ho Wai-boon
Chung Yung
Wan Kwai
Lai Yat-keung
Edited byJohn Chow
Music byYue Lun
Production
company
Phoenix Motion Picture Company
Distributed byMei Ah Entertainment
Release date
  • April 16, 1981 (1981-04-16)
Running time
92 minutes
CountryBritish Hong Kong
LanguageCantonese
Box officeHK$1.48 million[1]

Father and Son (父子情) is a 1981 Hong Kong drama film directed by Allen Fong. It won the Best Film Award at the 1st Hong Kong Film Awards.

Plot

The story is about a not well-educated father with low-income job who wishes his son can become an important and successful person. However, his son cannot understand his father's wishes and often is in trouble and got expelled from school. Despite his son's failure in school, the father is determined that he should get a good education so he marries his oldest daughter off to a rich man to ensure that his son's can study abroad and the college fee being paid.[2]

Cast

  • Shi Lei as Law San Muk
  • Chu Hung as Mrs Law (as Hung Chu)
  • Yung Wai-Man as Law Family Younger Brother
  • Cheung Yu-Ngor as Law Kar-Hing
  • Yun Sin-Mei as Law Kar-Hei

Awards

1st Hong Kong Film Awards[3]

References

  1. "1981 香港票房". 中國電影票房榜. Archived from the original on 10 April 2021. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  2. Father and Son film review: MEleanor Mannikka, in Allmovie
  3. 第一屆香港電影金像獎得獎名單 (in Chinese). Hong Kong Film Awards. Retrieved 1 February 2010.
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