Ungratefulness

Ungratefulness

111 mins | Drama | July 7, 1965

Chuk Tai-ming elopes to Hong Kong with Shum Tsui-hung in defiance of his father but soon succumbs to harsh conditions and ill health. Shum becomes a courtesan to fulfil Tai-ming's last wish of funding his younger brother Chi-ming's studies in Australia, while creating the false impression that she is a rich widow. Chi-ming returns in summer and a chance encounter in the nightclub evolves into a budding romance. Tormented by a love doomed from the start, Shum pretends to despise the poor suitor. The rejection is taken hard by Chi-ming, who snubs the woman in public. Shum plunges into despair, taking gravely ill. Her lawyer Lee Chung-ling finally breaks the silence, making Chi-ming attuned to the woman's unspoken suffering after she's been laid to rest.

Ungratefulness

111 mins | Drama | July 7, 1965

Ungratefulness
Chuk Tai-ming elopes to Hong Kong with Shum Tsui-hung in defiance of his father but soon succumbs to harsh conditions and ill health. Shum becomes a courtesan to fulfil Tai-ming's last wish of funding his younger brother Chi-ming's studies in Australia, while creating the false impression that she is a rich widow. Chi-ming returns in summer and a chance encounter in the nightclub evolves into a budding romance. Tormented by a love doomed from the start, Shum pretends to despise the poor suitor. The rejection is taken hard by Chi-ming, who snubs the woman in public. Shum plunges into despair, taking gravely ill. Her lawyer Lee Chung-ling finally breaks the silence, making Chi-ming attuned to the woman's unspoken suffering after she's been laid to rest.
Producers Kong Ngee Motion Picture Production Company
Original title 原來我負卿
Directors Chor Yuen
Writers Woo Mei-ping

Cast

Cheung Wood-Yau

as Lee Chung-ling

Patsy Ka Ling

as Shum Tsui-hung/Mary

Lok Gung

as Hon Wai-Man

Man Oi-Lan

as Hon Lai-Seung

Lee Pang-Fei

as Party guest

Fung Mei-Ying

as Maid

Chow Gat

as Party guest

Lee Sau-Kei

as Party guest

Lam Siu

as Party guest

Patrick Tse Yin

as Chuk Tai-ming/Chi-ming