Beautiful Duckling
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| name = Beautiful Duckling
| native_name = {{Infobox Chinese|child=yes|t=養鴨人家}}
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| director = Li Hsing
| producer = James Shen
| writer = Chang Yung-hsiang
| starring = Tang Pao-yun, Ko Hsiang-ting
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| cinematography = Lai Cheng-ying
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| released = {{film date|1965|5|20}}
| runtime = 119 minutes
| country = Taiwan
| language = Chinese
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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.何宝民主编:《中国电影名作欣赏》,海燕出版社, 2007-06-01,{{ISBN|9787535033819}}. p.83. It received three Golden Horse Awards 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,{{ISBN|7-5440-0257-8}}. p.75.
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External links
- {{IMDb title|1345532}}
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Category:Taiwanese drama films
Category:Films whose director won the Best Director Golden Horse Award
Category:Films with screenplays by Chang Yung-hsiang
Category:Films directed by Li Hsing
Category:Central Motion Picture Corporation films
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