Between Tears and Laughter

Between Tears and Laughter — Plot

This is the story of three ladies who live together in an apartment in Hong Kong and what happens to them. First, there is Shuxian, whose husband left her and has a son in the hospital who can't walk. Then, there is Meifen, a romance novelist who pines for a deceased lover and, finally Manli, a young lady with some sass who is expecting a visit from Mr. Zheng, a man she has been a pen pal with for a year. She also has been dating someone else, not happily. The film goes through all three lives.

• Release date
• November 10, 1960
• Runtime
• 102 min
• Director
• Tang Huang

Between Tears and Laughter — Cast

Helen Li Mei Peng Meifen Kitty Ting Hao Manli (as Hao Ding) Roy Chiao Zheng Dajiang Wang Lai Zhao Shuxian Tin Ching Li Jiahua Yang Chi-Ching Lu Fei-Hong Chen Yu-Hsin Mr. Wu - Manli's Uncle Chan Ho Mr. Jin