''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 Taiwanese opera ( zh, t=, p=gēzǎixì, poj=koa-á-hì, l=Song Drama, c=, s=) 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 ...

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. It received three

Golden Horse Awards The Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival and Taipei Golden Horse Awards () are a film festival and associated awards ceremony held annually in Taiwan. The festival and ceremony were founded in 1962 by the Government Information Office of the Repub ...

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 {{Taiwan-film-stub