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Lan Kwong Film Company

As Time Goes By

1964 108 min Cantonese

Yuk Yin's father dies and her mother remarries to settle the debts. Yuk Yin lives with Auntie Wong. From then on, Chi Hung, Auntie Wong's son and Yuk Yin live and play together. But the Wongs move away. Yuk Yin stays with her mother. Her stepfather is mercenary. When Yuk Yin grows up, he pushes her to get married to get money. Considering her daughter's future, Yuk Yin's mother sends her away. Yuk Yin works in a restaurant. When she learns that her mother is ill, she marries a dying rich young man to get money for her mother's treatment. After her mother's death, Yuk Yin gets married immediately, but her husband dies on the wedding night. Her mother-in-law sees this as unauspicious and expels Yuk Yin. Later, Yuk Yin chances upon Chi Hung. They are still in love. They married and have a son Kwok Wah. But Chi Hung dies. Yuk Yin works as a dance girl to support their living. Kwok Wah grows up and cannot accept his mother's job. But soon he understands that she is respectable.

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Wong Cheuk-Hon Director · Ma Wan Story

First release April 2, 1964 · Original title 冷燕飄零

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Lan Kwong Film Company

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Original title

冷燕飄零

Original language

Cantonese

Spoken on screen

Cantonese

Release dates

Hong Kong SAR China · April 2, 1964

Theatrical · Ma Wan's Rediffusion Radio airwave novel. Lan Kwong Film Company 4th anniversary film.

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