Ungratefulness
6.4
Chuk Tai-ming elopes to Hong Kong with Shum Tsui-hung in defiance of his father but soon succumbs to harsh conditions and ill health. Shum becomes a courtesan to fulfil Tai-ming's last wish of funding his younger brother Chi-ming's studies in Australia, while creating the false impression that she is a rich widow. Chi-ming returns in summer and a chance encounter in the nightclub evolves into a budding romance. Tormented by a love doomed from the start, Shum pretends to despise the poor suitor. The rejection is taken hard by Chi-ming, who snubs the woman in public. Shum plunges into despair, taking gravely ill. Her lawyer Lee Chung-ling finally breaks the silence, making Chi-ming attuned to the woman's unspoken suffering after she's been laid to rest.
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Cast
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Cheung Wood-Yau
Lee Chung-ling
Also in
The Shell Game
An Orphan's Tragedy
Patsy Ka Ling
Shum Tsui-hung / Mary
Also in
The Ghost Chasers
Blood Stains the Valley of Love
Chor Yuen
Known for
Police Story
Thunderbolt
Wood-Yau Cheung
Mr. Lee
Mei-Ping Woo
Man Chan
Lok Gung
Hon Wai-Man
Also in
Sexy Playgirls
Give Me a Kiss
Ling Ka
Shum Tsui-Hong
Keung Kwok
Man Oi-Lan
Hon Lai-Seung
Also in
Lucky Purse
The Second Spring
Chan Kon
Lee Pang-Fei
Party Guest
Known for
The Flying Guillotine
Chor Yuen Director · Woo Mei-ping Screenplay Kwok Keung Editor
First release July 7, 1965 · Produced in Hong Kong SAR China · Production Kong Ngee
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Kong Ngee Motion Picture Production Company
Production
Kong Ngee
Production
Hong Kong SAR China
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Original title
原來我負卿
Original language
Cantonese
Spoken on screen
Cantonese
Release dates
Hong Kong SAR China · July 7, 1965
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