As Time Goes By

As Time Goes By — Plot

Yuk Yin's father dies and her mother remarries to settle the debts. Yuk Yin lives with Auntie Wong. From then on, Chi Hung, Auntie Wong's son and Yuk Yin live and play together. But the Wongs move away. Yuk Yin stays with her mother. Her stepfather is mercenary. When Yuk Yin grows up, he pushes her to get married to get money. Considering her daughter's future, Yuk Yin's mother sends her away. Yuk Yin works in a restaurant. When she learns that her mother is ill, she marries a dying rich young man to get money for her mother's treatment. After her mother's death, Yuk Yin gets married immediately, but her husband dies on the wedding night. Her mother-in-law sees this as unauspicious and expels Yuk Yin. Later, Yuk Yin chances upon Chi Hung. They are still in love. They married and have a son Kwok Wah. But Chi Hung dies. Yuk Yin works as a dance girl to support their living. Kwok Wah grows up and cannot accept his mother's job. But soon he understands that she is respectable.

• Release date
• April 2, 1964
• Runtime
• 108 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• Wong Cheuk-Hon

As Time Goes By — Cast

Ting Ying Chan Yuk-yin

C

Cheung Yee Wong Chi-hung

L

Lee Hak Wong Kwok-wah Cheng Kwun-Min Fong Yan Helena Law Lan Ting Wai-fong Lee Pang-Fei Au Tak

K

Kam Mei-fung Au Mei-ling Tsui Siu-Ming Siu Wah