Chor Yuen started his directorial career with a bang. From its very first image, The Natural Son establishes Chor as a filmmaker of stylistic flourish, which would be sustained in various forms throughout his long tenure. Adapted from '30 cents' pulp fiction, it is a Kong Ngee melodrama made in the studio's mould, with Westernised characters and trendy middle-class lifestyles. Yet, Chor's first film is not exempt from the social urgency that characterises the Cantonese cinema of his father, Cheung Wood-yau. The film cloaks its entertainment in a moral deliberation on blood ties, its story about the raising of a bastard child a head-on challenge of archaic family values. An ostentatious start for a colourful and eventful career.
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Directing | Chor Yuen | Director |
Production | Ho Chee Siang | Executive Producer |
Directing | Wong Bing | Continuity |
Camera | Hsu Tang | Still Photographer |
Editing | Kwok Keung | Editor |
Sound | Eddie H. Wang Chi-Ren | Music |
Production | Poon Bing-Kuen | Production Manager |
Lighting | Lin Wei | Lighting Artist |
Production | Poon Bing-Kuen | Producer |
Crew | Chan Kon | Cinematography |
Art | Ho Chi | Props |
Art | Chan Ki-Yui | Art Direction |
Writing | Luk Mei | Original Story |
Sound | Tam Wang-Yuen | Recording Supervision |
Writing | Chor Yuen | Adaptation |