Hong Kong Nocturne
1967 Hong Kong film by Umetsugu Inoue
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Hong Kong Nocturne (香江花月夜) is a 1967 Hong Kong Shaw Brothers musical film directed by Umetsugu Inoue.[1]
Directed byUmetsugu Inoue
Written byUmetsugu Inoue
Produced byRun Run Shaw
CinematographyTadashi Nishimoto
| Hong Kong Nocturne | |
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| Directed by | Umetsugu Inoue |
| Written by | Umetsugu Inoue |
| Produced by | Run Run Shaw |
| Cinematography | Tadashi Nishimoto |
| Edited by | Chiang Hsing-lung |
| Music by | Ryōichi Hattori |
Production company | |
Release date |
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Running time | 128 minutes |
| Country | Hong Kong |
| Language | Mandarin |
Plot
The Chia sisters (Cheng Pei-pei, Lily Ho and Chin Ping) perform as the backup troupe with their magician father (Chiang Kuang-Chao). The selfish old man has little regard for his daughters and squanders their hard earned money on a young floozy who plays him for a fool. After winning a go-go dance contest, the girls ditch their father and pursue their dreams.[2][3]
Cast
- Paul Chang Chung
- Chan Hei
- Chao Hsin Yen
- Cheng Kang-Yeh - Wang Ying
- Cheng Pei-pei - Chia Chuen-Chuen[4]
- Chiang Kuang Chao - Chia Szu-Chen
- Chin Ping - Chia Ting-Ting[4]
- Tina Fei Chin - Hsiao Hua
- Fan Dan - Promoter
- Lily Ho - Chia Tsui-Tsui[5][6][4]
- Peter Chen Ho - Chen Tze-Ching
- Ku Feng - Janitor at ballet school
- Li Hao
- Ling Yun - Fang Yun-Tai
- Li Yunzhong - Japanese film director (as Yun-Chung Li)
- Lui Ming
- Ouyang Sha-fei - Chen Tze-Ching's mother
- Tien Feng - Yen Fang
- Tien Shun - Mr. Chen
- Wu Chun-li
- Wu Wei
- Yueh Hua
See also
- Hong Kong Rhapsody (1968)