Torrents of Spring
Sojourning in Macau, Su Erning by chance helps Pan Meiniang resuscitate his younger brother and fends off the thug. In her admiration, Pan calls off the engagement arranged by her mother to exchange vows with Su despite having known him for only three days. To raise the money for the wedding, Su plans to sell his family yacht to the rich wife of his classmate Lu Zuhua in Hong Kong and promises to buy Pan a pearl necklace. The promiscuous Mrs Lu seduces Su on the yacht and then dumps him. 18 years later, Pan's daughter is getting married. Su prepares a wedding gift—a stolen pearl necklace—for the bride but is too ashamed to show himself.
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Jeanette Lin Tsui
Pan Meiniang
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Helen Li Mei
rich wife/ Mrs Luk
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Tin Ching
Su Erning
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Lin Jing
Mrs. Pan
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Wong Chik-Boh
Lu Zuhua
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Chen Yu-Hsin
Caizi
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Peter Yang Kwan
Tang
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Yuen Siu-Fai
A-mi
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Lee Wan-Chung
waiter
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Chui Hang
Hotel staff
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Doe Ching Director · Ivan Turgenev Story Wang Zhao-Xi Editor
First release January 21, 1960 · Original title 春潮
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Motion Picture & General Investment Co., Ltd.
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Original title
春潮
Original language
Cantonese
Spoken on screen
Cantonese
Release dates
Hong Kong SAR China · January 21, 1960
Theatrical · Original story Turgenev's 'The Torrents of Spring' (Russia). Before its release in Hong Kong in 1960, it was premiered in Taiwan in May 1957. The first half has Macau as backdrop. Screen debut of screenwriter Wang Zhibo. The 1933 version was filmed in Shanghai, directed by Zheng Yingshi, with screenplay by Cai Chusheng (aka Choi Cho-sang), starring Gao Zhanfei and Wang Renmei.
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