Beautiful Duckling

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Beautiful Duckling
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese養鴨人家
Directed byLi Hsing
Written byChang Yung-hsiang
Produced byJames Shen
StarringTang Pao-yun, Ko Hsiang-ting
CinematographyLai Cheng-ying
Release date
  • May 20, 1965 (1965-05-20)
Running time
119 minutes
CountryTaiwan
LanguageChinese

Beautiful Duckling is a 1965 Taiwanese film directed by Li Hsing. It tells the story of a duck man Lin Tsai-tien (Ko Hsiang-ting) and his adopted daughter Hsiao-yue. Hsiao-yue (Tang Pao-yun) knows nothing about her real descent, which Lin has designedly disguised. Her natural brother Chao-fu (Ou Wei) is a Taiwanese opera actor, he keeps asking Lin for money. He brings Hsiao-yue to the theatrical troupe to follow himself, where Hsiao-yue learns about her natural parents. Lin has to sell all his ducks, entrust Hsiao-yue to Chao-fu, and gives him money to let him start his own business. At the end of the film, Lin's son comes back, and Chao-fu repents his behavior and returns the money to Lin.

The film is one of the representative works of Healthy Realism Film in Taiwan, the traditional Chinese ethics.

Golden Horse Awards including wins for Best Picture, Best Director and Best Cinematography.[2]

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