The Long Lane

prefer sons to daughters

The film focuses on a mother (Chen Yanyan) burdened by guilt after abandoning her newborn daughter in a long lane 17 years earlier, so that she could adopt a son to fulfil the traditional belief that only a male heir could continue the family line. However, when her adopted son (King Hu) becomes a disappointment, the mother’s regret deepens. On her deathbed, she confesses her secret to her husband (Wang Yin), who resolves to find their lost daughter.

• Release date
• October 26, 1956
• Runtime
• 99 min
• Genres
• Family, Drama
• Director
• Bu Wan-Cang

Cast

Chen Yanyan Lan-Zhen Yin Wang Mr. Kang Han-Liang King Hu ang Shu-Chang Grace Chang Kang Shu-Ying Wang Lai Hsiao Yen-Yang Kao Pao-Shu Hsioa Yen-Tsai Hung Mei Auntie