Chor Yuen

Chor Yuen

Born: September 16, 1934
Died: February 21, 2022
in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
Cheung Po-kin (Chinese: 楚原, born 16 September 1934), better known by his stage name Chor Yuen, was a Hong Kong-Chinese film director, screenwriter and actor.

Movies for Chor Yuen...

Cinema Hong Kong: Wu Xia
Title: Cinema Hong Kong: Wu Xia
Character: Himself
Released: January 2, 2003
Type: Movie
A full journey from the beginning of "Swordplay" movies in Shanghai, growth in Hong Kong cinemas in the 60's and 70's and Ang Lee's epic "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" in 2000. The series also features interviews with such luminaries including John Woo, Chu Yuen, Lau Ka Leung, Gordon Lau Ka Fai, Sammo Hung, David Chiang and Cheng Pei Pei.
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Cinema Hong Kong: Kung Fu
Title: Cinema Hong Kong: Kung Fu
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 2003
Type: Movie
Filmmaker Ian Taylor examines the impressive legacy of Hong Kong cinema -- specifically, how martial arts crossed borders and become an international phenomenon -- with the help of footage and interviews with the stars who made the genre what it is today. Director Lau Ka Leung (who helmed The 36th Chamber of Shaolin) joins in, sharing his thoughts on how certain cinematic technologies have improved martial arts films and expanded their appeal, on the set of Drunken Monkey (2003).
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Title: Legal Entanglement
Released: February 18, 2002
Type: TV
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Dummy Mommy, Without a Baby
Title: Dummy Mommy, Without a Baby
Released: November 10, 2001
Type: Movie
Fong (Miriam Yeung) is already at odds with Wu (Edison Chen), one of her bosses at an ad agency, when she makes a major mistake at work that puts her job on the line. To save herself, she feigns pregnancy, which, under Hong Kong law, means she cannot be fired for 10 months. However, while there may be some perks that accompany her "pregnancy," she is eventually forced to concoct increasingly elaborate lies and involve everyone around her in the charade.
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Title: A Step Into The Past
Released: October 15, 2001
Type: TV
A Step into the Past is a 2001 Hong Kong television series produced by TVB and based on Huang Yi's novel of the same Chinese title. The series tells the story of a 21st-century Hong Kong VIPPU officer who travels back in time to the Warring States period of ancient China. He is involved in a number of important historical events that leads to the first unification of China under the Qin Dynasty. The series' first original broadcast ran from 15 October to 7 December 2001 on the TVB Jade network in Hong Kong.
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Title: When Dreams Come True
Released: May 5, 2000
Type: TV
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Title: Ups And Downs
Released: January 3, 2000
Type: TV
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Title: At the Threshold of an Era
Released: October 11, 1999
Type: TV
Spanning 20 years, from 1990 to 2010, the series tells of three entrepreneurs who founded a company together to achieve the ultimate goal of developing a pollution-free town in Hong Kong. Through the years, they face many struggles, but most particularly, the family vendetta between two of the company founders.
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Title: A Loving Spirit
Released: September 9, 1999
Type: TV
The celebrated Tung Sing Cinema has a full house at all times; but who would have thought that a spot as busy as it has been haunted for a period? It is early 60’s, definitely a trying time for Hong Kong. Unemployed YING has just been given a job as a ticket-seller by the Tung Sing Cinema on her friend SUK’s recommendation. YING works very diligently and responsibly and is therefore highly regarded by her boss, YIN. However when YING keeps stating that there is an apparition around the cinema, YIN soon gets irritated. In time, YING and YIN see the spirit SIN and from her, they learn that YIN’s step-mother MUI has been having an affair with the manager of the cinema, LAI and that they have planned to seize YIN’s property. Will the Tung Sing Cinema stay haunted in the days ahead
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Gigolo of Chinese Hollywood
Title: Gigolo of Chinese Hollywood
Character: Shek Pei
Released: June 11, 1999
Type: Movie
During hard times in the Hong Kong film industry, an out-of-work actor talks a producer, writer, and an actor into making a movie together. They become gigolos to raise money for the production.
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Title: Simply Ordinary
Released: September 7, 1998
Type: TV
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Title: Armed Reaction
Character: 程守忠
Released: July 6, 1998
Type: TV
Armed Reaction is a 1998 Hong Kong modern cop drama produced by TVB. The drama stars Bobby Au-yeung and Esther Kwan as the main leads with Joyce Tang, Marco Ngai, Mimi Chu and Joe Ma in main supporting roles.
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Title: Crimes of Passion
Released: May 11, 1998
Type: TV
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Title: Time Off
Released: May 5, 1998
Type: TV
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Title: A Measure of Love
Released: January 19, 1998
Type: TV
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Title: A Recipe for the Heart
Released: November 10, 1997
Type: TV
A heartwarming drama about two chefs competing for the coveted title of “Master of All Chefs”, “A Recipe for the Heart” is a delightful combination of gracefully concocted food and great comedy. Shek (Chun Pui) was the chef as well as the owner of the restaurant Delicious Garden. He disappeared after defeating by his good friend Shan (Bobby Au-Yeung) in a cooking contest, leaving behind his wife Yuen (Lydia Shum) and his daughter So So (Esther Kwan). Shan then disguised as Kut to help the two women and inspired So to be a good chef. The two became an odd couple but admired each other. Their relationships got complicated when Song (Jessica Hester Hsuan) claimed to be Kut’s fiancee... .
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Those Were the Days
Title: Those Were the Days
Character: Cho Wood Yau
Released: August 28, 1997
Type: Movie
"Those Were the days" speculates on what would happen if a hot international art house director were transported back in time to the 1960s Hong Kong film industry. Highlights include: WKW meets Wong Jing as a child and profoundly influences career; WKW attempts to make his kind of films with the resources, talent, and expectations of 1960s HK filmmakers, and a lot of other Hong Kong /Wong Jing style zaniness.
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Title: Triumph Over Evil
Released: July 7, 1997
Type: TV
Lin (Ben Wong), a humble and low-ranking official, accidentally killed the evil monk’s foster son when he tried to arrest fiddler Tin (Cheung Ka Fai). Lin then discovered that he was destined to fight against the spirits and demons. But what he really wants is to marry the girl of his dreams…Ching Ching (Joyce Tang). The evil monk then sent his apprentice Chi (Jan Lau) to befriend Lin. Lin was in constant danger but fortunately he was protected Yuen (Tsui Ho Ying). In the end, Lin decided to take on the mission to fight against the demons. But he had to speed up himself with the magic arts and kung fu…
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Title: Journey to the West
Released: November 18, 1996
Type: TV
Journey to the West is a Hong Kong television series adapted from the classical novel of the same title. Starring Dicky Cheung, Kwong Wah, Wayne Lai and Evergreen Mak, the series was produced by TVB and was first broadcast on TVB Jade in Hong Kong in November 1996. A sequel, Journey to the West II, was broadcast in 1998, but the role of the Monkey King was played by Benny Chan instead, due to contract problems between Dicky Cheung and TVB. Cheung later reprised the role in another television series The Monkey King: Quest for the Sutra, which was broadcast on TVB but not produced by the station.
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Title: Night Journey
Released: September 9, 1996
Type: TV
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Title: The Fist Of Law
Released: November 9, 1995
Type: TV
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Title: The Unexpected
Released: October 16, 1995
Type: TV
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Thunderbolt
Title: Thunderbolt
Character: Uncle Tung / Foh's Father (Alfred's Father in US Version)
Released: September 8, 1995
Type: Movie
In order to release his kidnapped sister, sports car mechanic Jackie Chan has to beat a super-criminal street racer.
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Title: The Criminal Investigator
Released: July 3, 1995
Type: TV
The Criminal Investigator is a 1995 Hong Kong police procedural television drama. Produced by Jonathan Chik and edited by Chow Yuk-ming, the drama is a TVB production. The story follows a team of investigators from the Organized Crime and Triad Bureau unit of the Royal Hong Kong Police Force.
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Hong Kong Graffiti
Title: Hong Kong Graffiti
Released: March 4, 1995
Type: Movie
Teddy Robin Kwan’s 1960s retro musical. A melodrama about two childhood best friends who rise to the top of the Hong Kong pop scene under the influence of their mentor, Johnny K (Teddy Robin Kwan), who once ruled the pop scene himself.
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Title: Trail of Love
Released: January 16, 1995
Type: TV
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Family Affairs
Title: Family Affairs
Released: November 10, 1994
Type: Movie
Traditional values and modern ideals clash when an old-fashioned father and his playboy son cannot see eye to eye in this honest look at the sometimes fragile father, son relationship
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Title: Knot to Treasure
Released: August 8, 1994
Type: TV
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He Ain't Heavy, He's My Father
Title: He Ain't Heavy, He's My Father
Character: Lord Watsons
Released: December 11, 1993
Type: Movie
Yuen scorns his father, who he thinks is too generous and forgiving. Through a flashback/time travel gimmick, Yuen meets his parents during their joyous courtship. Yuen comes to understand and admire his dad, and reflect on his own moral defects.
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Title: The Spirit of Love
Released: September 9, 1993
Type: TV
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Title: Yang's Women Warriors
Released: May 17, 1993
Type: TV
The story takes place in Yeung Lo Wai, a remote village in the New Territories of Hong Kong. Yu Meijun (Su Xingxuan), who lived in the same house for four generations, lived a peaceful and peaceful life with her husband, daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law. How could they expect that in an operation to catch a gangster, all the men in the family who served in the police field were killed together, and the widow The next class is alone and widowed, and suddenly loses support. The women are forced to be self-reliant, but because of their traditional thinking and conservative behavior, they are out of tune with people and things in today's society, which leads to a series of hilarious plots.
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Title: The Vampire Returns
Character: 张可以
Released: March 22, 1993
Type: TV
A generation of ghost-hunting master Zhang Ke came to Hong Kong from Beijing with two apprentices Zhang Beiping and Zhang Nanjing because of avoiding the war .
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Millionaire Cop
Title: Millionaire Cop
Character: Sgt Lai
Released: January 1, 1993
Type: Movie
A police detective (Aaron Kwok) must pose as the son of a millionaire to catch a kidnapping ring. Trouble starts when the policeman's girlfriend starts working for the businessman.
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Twin Dragons
Title: Twin Dragons
Character: Uncle Tang
Released: January 15, 1992
Type: Movie
Twins, separated at birth, end up as a Hong Kong gangster and a New York concert pianist. When the pianist travels to Hong Kong for a concert, the two inevitably get mistaken for each other.
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The Thief of Time
Title: The Thief of Time
Released: January 1, 1992
Type: Movie
A dimwitted thief, mistakes for a spy, in order to free himself he holds the honest driver, as a hostage. They end up in a tunnel and traveled back in time. Throughout their travels, they meet figures in the martial arts world including the "God of Sabre" and "Sword Saint."
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The Banquet
Title: The Banquet
Character: Man on Stairs
Released: November 30, 1991
Type: Movie
Developer Tsang Siu-Chi and his agent have bought two of a group of four properties. Rival developer, Boss Hung has secured the other two properties. Both aim to buy all four so they can knock them down and build hotels.
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Return of the Evil Fox
Title: Return of the Evil Fox
Character: Mr. Wong
Released: June 28, 1991
Type: Movie
1391: The good Chiang Su-Su manages to defeat the evil spirit Elf Fox, but has her soul transferred to a jasper incense holder and remains dormant for hundreds of years. In 1991 the Elf Fox returns to lethal life to wreak havoc on modern Hong Kong. The Elf Fox needs to absorb the souls of 108 men in order to obtain her full power. It's up to Su-Su's sweet descendant Yi, grouchy monk shopkeeper Chiang Wu, dashing, handsome foster son Wang Hsa, sassy ghostbuster Yu, and several others to defeat the Elf Fox before it's too late.
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Title: Family Squad
Character: 黄家景
Released: May 6, 1991
Type: TV
The Huang family has served in the police force for generations. The patriarch, Huang Jiajing, is modest and talkative, but lacking in confidence and self-esteem. After making mistakes in his job as a police officer, he was transferred and then resigned. His wife, Huang Liaozhonghao, is a contented housewife devoted to her children. Their eldest daughter, Huang Di, is a senior police inspector who is authoritative and diligent. Their second daughter, Huang Fei is impulsive, lazy, and gluttonous, but unexpectedly clever. Their son, Huang Fa, is a university student who is playful and vain, but spoiled by his family. Jiajing's godson, Lia0 Tong-tai, is Huang family's mischievous relative who loves to prank, and Huang family's sworn enemy...
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Little Kids Beat the Boss
Title: Little Kids Beat the Boss
Released: July 1, 1990
Type: Movie
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The Sniping
Title: The Sniping
Released: December 21, 1989
Type: Movie
The Sniping is a Hong Kong Crime movie starring Eric Tsang and Alex Man
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Who Cares
Title: Who Cares
Released: October 4, 1989
Type: Movie
Tough female cops tussle with Hong Kong Triad societies and also a recently resurrected hopping vampire. Chaos reigns.
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Miracles: The Canton Godfather
Title: Miracles: The Canton Godfather
Character: Magistrate Benjamin
Released: June 15, 1989
Type: Movie
A country boy becomes the head of a gang through the purchase of some lucky roses from an old lady. He and a singer at the gang's nightclub try to do a good deed for the old lady when her daughter comes to visit.
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Little Cop
Title: Little Cop
Character: Mei QIng Yi
Released: March 25, 1989
Type: Movie
Ever since he was a child, Lee Chi-kin has been determined to become a police officer, despite the fact that he comes from a family of criminals. As an adult, he joins the police force, where he is first placed with the Narcotics Bureau. During a drug raid operation, he catches a drug dealer. He is later transferred, first to the Anti-Porno Bureau where he falls in love with a call girl, then to the Regional Crime Unit where he works under Inspector Chu. During a drug raid operation, Lee kills drug lord Ng Cheung. Ng's father hires a killer, Thousand Faces Man to take revenge on Lee. After several confrontations, Lee finally brings Thousand Faces Man to justice. The corrupt director of a mental hospital places Lee in the mental hospital for a year, during which time he develops mental disorders. After being discharged from the hospital, he becomes a restaurant waiter.
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City Warriors
Title: City Warriors
Character: Councilman Chor Ping
Released: October 20, 1988
Type: Movie
A soldier from Mainland China arrives at Hong Kong to look for his estranged sister and finds out that she has been forced into prostitution by a criminal organization.
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Police Story 2
Title: Police Story 2
Character: Chu Tao
Released: August 13, 1988
Type: Movie
The Hong Kong super-cop must stop a group of blackmailing bombers at the same time that the villains of the first Police Story are out for revenge.
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A Bloody Fight
Title: A Bloody Fight
Released: May 12, 1988
Type: Movie
Keung and Fai had been good friends since childhood. They both had keen interest in boxing-matches. Having parted with Keung for more than ten years, Fai had become a police officer. On the contrary, Keung had joined an illegal organization as a professional killer. Keung decided to resign from the organization
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Dirty Girl
Title: Dirty Girl
Released: March 10, 1988
Type: Movie
Angry Girls get revenge on some bad guys.
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Wonder Women
Title: Wonder Women
Character: Yammie's father
Released: October 3, 1987
Type: Movie
This is an outrageous comedy about seven days in the life of two girls Leung and Ling, who want to skyrocket to the top by entering a beauty pageant. Both girls are ballyhooed as the hottest contestants, but at the end neither can make it to the top 5! What's more, Ling is dumped by her boyfriend, and gets fired at the same time. Being afraid of going home to get along with her father. Leung gives her a hand, inviting Ling to stay with her in her roof-top bungalow. Then they begin their days of similar conscious degradation, which force them to become best friends. But their friendship becomes short-lived when they run into a handsome and well-built young man Wong. They start to vie for his attention and his sex. However, before the climax of their war comes, they find out that he's a dawdler. Shattered by the fact, the two girls eventually come to team with one another.
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Born to Gamble
Title: Born to Gamble
Character: Hsin, King Gambler
Released: April 1, 1987
Type: Movie
Alex is the smart one who claims first place in every human endeavor. To be true, he really excels in all forms of gambling. Alex likes to help people. Thus, when his old friend Fung is jilted by a rich girl, he immediately takes Fung to a slave auction in the Philippines. There, Fung buys a woman of beauty and femininity. Alex himself falls in love with Mina, who is deadly against gambling. She would break ties with anyone found to be gambling...
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The Seventh Curse
Title: The Seventh Curse
Character: Dr. Chu
Released: October 17, 1986
Type: Movie
When Dr. Yuen attempts to rescue a girl about to be sacrificed by the Worm Tribe in the middle of a jungle in Thailand, he is damned with seven 'blood curses' and must return there to find a permanent cure.
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The First Vampire in China
Title: The First Vampire in China
Character: Village Elder
Released: October 13, 1986
Type: Movie
When the vampire comes back to life, hell breaks loose.
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Police Story
Title: Police Story
Character: Chu Tao
Released: December 14, 1985
Type: Movie
Officer Chan Ka Kui manages to put a major Hong Kong drug dealer behind the bars practically alone, after a shooting and an impressive chase inside a slum. Now, he must protect the boss' secretary, Selina, who will testify against the gangster in court.
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Carry on Doctors and Nurses
Title: Carry on Doctors and Nurses
Character: Hospital director
Released: September 5, 1985
Type: Movie
This film is a Hong Kong version of the British Carry On films, this one specifically set in a hospital. The hospital is full of inept people, so Miss Kuk (Meg Lam) vows to the board that she will reform it. This involves the recruitment of student nurses, keeping in check some silly interns and dealing with Dr. Chen, whose wife just left him.
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Fascinating Affairs
Title: Fascinating Affairs
Character: Peter Ma
Released: June 22, 1985
Type: Movie
Fascinating Affairs - a Hong Kong Romance directed by Chor Yuen and starring Tony Leung Chiu-Wai.
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Love with the Perfect Stranger
Title: Love with the Perfect Stranger
Character: Divorce solicitor Chan
Released: April 18, 1985
Type: Movie
shaw production
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Cherie
Title: Cherie
Character: Chairman Chu
Released: December 22, 1984
Type: Movie
The beautiful Cherie Chung plays the title character, an exercise teacher who is wooed by a rich, older businessman and a young photographer. You watch Cherie as she bounces between these two, not really liking the businessman, while the photographer is more in love with her image as his model than as a true love.
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The Sensational Pair
Title: The Sensational Pair
Character: Party guest
Released: June 23, 1983
Type: Movie
The Sensational Pair is a Hong Kong Drama Comedy starring Kent Cheng and Anita Mui
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Bruce Lee: The Man and the Legend
Title: Bruce Lee: The Man and the Legend
Character: Self
Released: October 14, 1973
Type: Movie
This documentary tells the story of Bruce Lee and his unsuccessful efforts to start a acting career in the U.S., he returned to Hong Kong where he became an international star, and his death at age 32.
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The House of 72 Tenants
Title: The House of 72 Tenants
Character: Thief in the market
Released: September 21, 1973
Type: Movie
Set during a period of depression, the film chronicles the daily lives of a single urban building split up into several separate units, and the actual people that dwell within.
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A Mad Woman
Title: A Mad Woman
Released: December 23, 1964
Type: Movie
HK horror film.
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The Great Devotion
Title: The Great Devotion
Character: Kwok-Hung
Released: April 8, 1960
Type: Movie
Poor teacher Chan Chi-hong, his wife Lee Yuk-mei and their five children survive on his meagre pay. When he is laid off by two schools in a row, the family runs into difficulties. The children resort to begging on the streets to pay the mother's medical bills. Turning to writing, Chan's novel fails to find a publisher and, worse still, he comes down with tuberculosis. Dealt a further blow by the death of the youngest daughter and the pressures from the loan sharks, Chan contemplates killing himself and his family but changes his mind when he witnesses the sacrifices made by other parents for their children. He vows to be a dutiful father and tries his best to overcome their adversities. His novel is finally published and sells well. Through thick and thin, the family at last sees the light at the end of the tunnel.