Father and Son (1963)
- Original title
- 人之初
- Directed by
- Wu Chia-Hsiang
- Country
- British Hong Kong
- Runtime
- 1h 32m
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A man wrongfully imprisoned kidnaps a judge's pregnant wife and releases her to seed scandal. Years later, her son grows up as a criminal and struggles to reform his life. The story follows his conflicts with love, fate, and a revelation in court.
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What happens
《人之初》（）是1963年上映的一部香港黑白劇情片，為導演吳家驤的電影處女作，由白露明、王引、雷震及王萊主演，電影講述因環境所迫而阻礙人倫之愛的故事。本片榮獲第3屆金馬獎優等劇情片及最佳女配角（王萊）。 趙桐春（李英 飾）遭法官胡正道（王引 飾）誤判而坐了五年冤獄，為了報復，趙綁架法官之孕妻羅湘綺（王萊 飾），又故意將她放走，令人誤以為她懷的是賊胎。慘被趕走的湘綺飽受委屈與誤解，而被譏為野種的兒子胡世傑（雷震 飾）在長大後誤入歧途，淪為扒手，多番入獄仍不能自拔。及後，世傑與方嘉音（白露明 飾）戀愛，在愛情的滋養下打算重新做人，可惜趙桐春不肯罷休，綁去其母。為了解救母親，世傑殺死趙桐春而遭到逮捕，母追出時被車撞倒。世傑在愛人苦苦相勸下終願受制裁。審訊之日，法官胡正道始知世傑為親生兒子，雖然依法判處其三年徒刑，卻深感悔疚，親到獄中向子認錯。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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