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Following the lives of three downtrodden but resilient outcasts, John Lo Mar's gritty social drama paints a sense of realism rarely seen in Hon Kong movies. Li Ching - the best actress of her era - play Ah Chiao is a girl from a rural village stranded in the city, who befriends a kind-hearted transient and a retired actor. They are poor, but they are happy. Although her fortune changes for the better when she becomes a singer, she ultimately learns money can't buy happiness.Read moreLess
Following the lives of three downtrodden but resilient outcasts, John Lo Mar's gritty social drama paints a sense of realism rarely seen in Hon Kong movies. Li Ching - the best actress of her era - play Ah Chiao is a girl from a rural village stranded in the city, who befriends a kind-hearted transient and a retired actor. They are poor, but they are happy. Although her fortune changes for the better when she becomes a singer, she ultimately learns money can't buy happiness.
The story
Following the lives of three downtrodden but resilient outcasts, John Lo Mar's gritty social drama paints a sense of realism rarely seen in Hon Kong movies. Li Ching - the best actress of her era - play Ah Chiao is a girl from a rural village stranded in the city, who befriends a kind-hearted transient and a retired actor. They are poor, but they are happy. Although her fortune changes for the better when she becomes a singer, she ultimately learns money can't buy happiness.
Cast & crew
Li ChingAh Jiao
Yau FungBlockhead
Wang ShaUncle
Tang ChingGao Zhi Ren
Lily Leung Shun-YinJiao's pose instructor
Joseph KooJiao's pianist
Yeung KeiGao's wife
Lam YuenGao's friend
Hui Ying-SauCastExplore the crew
- Director
- John Law Ma
- Producer
- Run Run Shaw
- Writer
- Shu Lan
- Writer
- Szeto On
- Original Music Composer
- Joseph Koo