For Better, for Worse (1959 film)
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For Better, for Worse is a 1959 Hong Kong drama film
written and directed by Yueh Feng
. The film was selected as the Hong Kong entry for the Best Foreign Language Film
at the 32nd Academy Awards
, but was not accepted as a nominee.
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
written and directed by Yueh Feng
Yueh Feng
Griffin Yueh Feng born Da Zichun in Shanghai was a Chinese film director and screenwriter who worked in the Cinema of Hong Kong. He worked at the Shaw Brothers Studio's for many years and directed nearly 90 films....
. The film was selected as the Hong Kong entry for the Best Foreign Language Film
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film is one of the Academy Awards of Merit, popularly known as the Oscars, handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences...
at the 32nd Academy Awards
32nd Academy Awards
The 32nd Academy Awards honored film achievements of 1959 on 4 April 1960.MGM's and director William Wyler's three and a half-hour long epic drama Ben-Hur won 11 Oscars in 1959, breaking the previous year's all-time record of nine...
, but was not accepted as a nominee.
Cast
- Connie Chan as Damei
- Yang Chang as Gao Yongsheng
- Xiaoyu Deng as Xiaohu (as Peter Dunn)
- Xiang Gao as Landlord's Wife
- Helen Li Mei as Meijuan
- Yunzhong Li as Yongsheng's Brother-in-law
- Enjia Liu as Mr. Zhao - The Landlord
- Qianmeng Liu as Yongsheng's Sister
- Feng Su as Xiujuan
- Ching Tien as Li Zixin