Lee Sun-fung is renowned for adapting literary classics for the silver screen. To commemorate the seventh anniversary of the Union Film Enterprise known for producing quality films and co-founded by Lee, Human Relationships is adapted from writer Ba Jin's novel into film. The Yiu family moves into a manor. Mrs Yiu, while frustrated by the way her step-son is spoiled by her husband and mother-in-law, develops a friendship with a kid (Michael Lai) who steals flowers from the mansion's garden. She later learns that he is the son of the place's former owner whose downfall at middle age is the result of being spoiled when young. Lai was only a child but gained a foothold among seasoned veterans like Cheung Wood-yau, Ng Cho-fan and Pak Yin.
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Michael Lai Siu-Tin
Yang Zhaohan
Also in
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Ng Cho-Fan
Yang Mou-Chi
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Cold Nights
The Orphan
Pak Yin
Man Yun-Wa
Also in
The Orphan
Thunderstorm
Cheung Wood-Yau
Yu Kwok-Leung
Also in
The Shell Game
An Orphan's Tragedy
Wong Man-Lei
Also in
The Duke of Mount Deer
Parents' Hearts
Leung Chun-Mat
Also in
The Great Devotion
My Intimate Partner
Do Ping
Also in
The Story of a Discharged Prisoner
The Crazy Instructor
Lee Yuet-Ching
Also in
The Fist
Dream Of The Red Chamber
Fung Ming
Also in
The Five Venoms
Legendary Weapons of China
Wong Cho-San
Also in
Parents' Hearts
An Orphan's Tragedy
Shek Sau
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Yeung Yip-Wang
Also in
The Seventh Heaven
My Kingdom for a Husband
Lee Sun-fung Director · Lee Siu-Hung Screenplay Ba Jin Story
First release December 9, 1959 · Original title 人倫
Production
Union Film Enterprises Ltd.
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Original title
人倫
Original language
Cantonese
Spoken on screen
Cantonese
Release dates
Hong Kong SAR China · December 9, 1959
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No release date listed for United States.
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