''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
Ou Wei (; 16 September 1937 – December 1973) was a Taiwanese actor.
Ou Wei was born Huang Huang-chi () in present-day Xinhua District, Tainan, on 16 September 1937. His father, a billboard painter, died when Huang was five years old. His formal ...
) is a
Taiwanese opera
Taiwanese opera () commonly known as Ke-Tse opera or Hokkien opera, is a form of traditional drama originating in Taiwan. Taiwanese opera uses a stylised combination of both the literary and colloquial registers of Taiwanese Hokkien. Its earliest ...
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. It received three
Golden Horse Awards
The Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards () is a film festival and awards ceremony held annually in Taiwan. It was founded in 1962 by the Government Information Office of the Republic of China (ROC) in Taiwan. The awards ceremony is u ...
including wins for Best Picture, Best Director and Best Cinematography.
[寇立光,李玉芝:《台湾香港电影名片欣赏》,山西教育出版社,1993,. p.75.]
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1965 films
Taiwanese drama films
Films set in Taiwan
Films whose director won the Best Director Golden Horse Award
Films with screenplays by Chang Yung-hsiang
Films directed by Li Hsing
Central Motion Picture Corporation films
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