Beautiful Duckling

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Beautiful Duckling
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese 養鴨人家
Directed by Li Hsing
Written by Chang Yung-hsiang
Produced by James Shen
Starring Tang Pao-yun, Ko Hsiang-ting
Cinematography Lai 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 Documentary Film in Taiwan, the traditional Chinese ethics. [1] It received three Golden Horse Awards including wins for Best Picture, Best Director and Best Cinematography. [2]

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