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Backyard Adventures

1955-07-12 · 117 min · ★ 10.0

Drama

Reporter Yu Mong-yuen is recovering from a leg injury in his fiancee Man-wah's apartment. Bored, he looks out the rear window and observes the life of the neighbouring building. Among the tenants are a sugar-daddy and his mistress, a middle-aged man wants to marry a young girl, but she is in love with his son. Finally, she hatches a plot and makes the man agree to her marrying his son ; a sly fortune-teller ; a lively gym, a rich widow quarrels with the trainer of a gymnasium because his dog has bitten her cat ; and an opera school, a woman signs, leaning on the balcony, and a man tries to strangle her. In fact they are rehearsing an opera…… One evening, Wah is on the night shift, and Yuen watches the opera troupe rehearse to the end. Under the influence of drugs, Yu mistakenly believes that a divorced man has murdered a taxi dancer. He alerts the police, but the whole thing is nothing more than a misunderstanding.

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Directors
Chan Pei, Ng Wui, Chu Kei
Production companies
Liangyou Film Company
Countries
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Status
Released

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Cheung YingCheung YingYu Mong-yuen
Chow Kwun-LingChow Kwun-LingMan Wah
Luolian ZiTaxi Dancer
Lo TunMr. Mok
Lee Hoi-ChuenFortune-teller
Ma Sze-TsangConservative Father
Yung Siu-YiYung Siu-YiDaughter
Woo FungWoo FungBoyfriend
Leung Sing-porPatron
Lai Cheuk-CheukPatron's Wife
Pak Suet-SinPak Suet-SinActress
Ng Cho-FanNg Cho-FanActor
Wong Cho-SanWong Cho-SanWong Kwok Tung
Fong Yim-FenLover
Lee ChingLee ChingLover
Chan Lap-banChan Lap-banFortune-teller's Servant
Yuen Biu-WanFortune-teller's Shill
Lai ManLai ManFortune-teller's Customer
To Sam-KuFortune-teller's Customer
Tai Sang-PoCustomer's Servant

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