Big Clumsy Melon (1958)

Directed by

Ng Wui

Genre

fantasy film

Country

Hong Kong

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A farmer in early 20th century China discovers a giant gourd in his field. The story shows what happens when people try to get something for nothing.

whimsicalfolkloriclightheartedcautionarysimpleplayfulmoralisticearthy

What happens

《大冬瓜》（英語：The Giant Gourd）是香港一部粵語長片，於1958年上映，故事改編自中國童話，背景是民國初年，主角發現田中長出一個巨大無比的冬瓜。故事有著「人要自食其力，不可貪圖不勞而獲」的寓意。其後這個故事也被改編成電視劇。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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