Ungratefulness

Chuk Tai-ming elopes to Hong Kong with Shum Tsui-hung in defiance of his father but soon succumbs to harsh conditions and ill health. Shum becomes a courtesan to fulfil Tai-ming's last wish of funding his younger brother Chi-ming's studies in Australia, while creating the false impression that she is a rich widow. Chi-ming returns in summer and a chance encounter in the nightclub evolves into a budding romance. Tormented by a love doomed from the start, Shum pretends to despise the poor suitor. The rejection is taken hard by Chi-ming, who snubs the woman in public. Shum plunges into despair, taking gravely ill. Her lawyer Lee Chung-ling finally breaks the silence, making Chi-ming attuned to the woman's unspoken suffering after she's been laid to rest.

• Release date
• July 7, 1965
• Runtime
• 111 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• Chor Yuen

Cast

Cheung Wood-Yau Lee Chung-ling Patsy Ka Ling Shum Tsui-hung / Mary Lok Gung Hon Wai-Man Man Oi-Lan Hon Lai-Seung Lee Pang-Fei Party Guest

F

Fung Mei-Ying Maid Chow Gat Party Guest Lee Sau-Kei Party Guest