Parents' Hearts (1955)
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Parents' Hearts

An opera troupe has to dissolve in view of the poor economy. Comedian star Sang Kwai-lei loses his job and he has no alternative but to play the lion character in the opera troupe of his former junior apprentice Chan Hau and pawn his stage costume. He aims at earning enough money to support the final year's secondary school studies of his elder son Chi-kuen. Kuen however refuses to continue his studies, seeing that his father has to put aside his dignity to earn money and his mother is worried. Lei is enraged and uses the money to support his younger son Chi-wai's studies. Again, Lei loses his job and he resorts to giving street performances, his wife takes up sowing work in her spare time and she dies after a long illness. Kuen works to support himself through school, but Wai is less fortunate, he is forced to enrol in an opera troupe as an apprentice. Years later, the dying father joyfully embraces Chi-kuen's return from his studies.

Release: Apr 21, 1955

Duration: 1h 51m

Genres: Drama

Country: Hong Kong

Quality: HD

Actors: Wong Cho-San, Wong Man-Lei, Yuen Siu-Fai, Ma Sze-Tsang, Lam Ka-Sing

Director: Chun Kim

IMDb: 6.2/10