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

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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