Parents' Hearts

Story

Synopsis

An opera troupe has to dissolve in view of the poor economy. Comedian star Sang Kwai-lei loses his job and he has no alternative but to play the lion character in the opera troupe of his former junior apprentice Chan Hau and pawn his stage costume. He aims at earning enough money to support the final year's secondary school studies of his elder son Chi-kuen. Kuen however refuses to continue his studies, seeing that his father has to put aside his dignity to earn money and his mother is worried. Lei is enraged and uses the money to support his younger son Chi-wai's studies. Again, Lei loses his job and he resorts to giving street performances, his wife takes up sowing work in her spare time and she dies after a long illness. Kuen works to support himself through school, but Wai is less fortunate, he is forced to enrol in an opera troupe as an apprentice. Years later, the dying father joyfully embraces Chi-kuen's return from his studies.

Director

Chun Kim

Writers

Chun Kim

Country

Hong Kong

Release date

21 April 1955

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  Wong Cho-San

  Chu-kot Yu

• 

  Wong Man-Lei

  Lei's wife

• Yuen Siu-Fai

  Chi-wai

• Ma Sze-Tsang

  Sang Kwai-lei

• 

  Lam Ka-Sing

  Chi-kuen

• 

  Gam Lau

  Yu's wife

• Lam Lo-ngok

  leader

• 

  Lee Pang-Fei

  Chan Hau

• Lee Siu-fun

  Kuen's classmate

• Mok Hung

  doctor

• Chan Tit-ying

• Law Kar-kuen