Homeless Children

Homeless Children (1964) is a drama, adventure film directed by Tu Kuang-chi.

Lam Siu-ming cannot afford tuition and quitted school. His teacher Ms. Chui intercedes with the principal in vain. She quits. Chui became an orphanage director. She suffers from the orphans’ mischief, but she treats them with love and honesty instead of punishing them. She gets recognition from kids and colleagues. Siu-ming is expelled. He dares not go home and lives on pickpocketing with street boys. Chui learns that Siu-ming is missing and looks for him. Siu-ming feels ashamed and avoids her. Chui finds Siu-ming and takes him and the street boys to the orphanage, yet they cannot be disciplined and escape. Little Bully runs after them, but is beaten down on the railway. Siu-ming's legs are cut off by the train when he tries to save Little Bully. The escaped kids regret for this. Chui's cousin wants her to go abroad together, but at the farewell party, he is moved by the orphans, so he does not force the plan, and decides to stay behind to serve the kids.

Cast

Ting Ying

Tsui Suk-kuen

Tsui Siu-Ming

Lam Siu-ming

Fung Hak-On

Little rascal

Cheung Sang

Lam's father

Leung Suk-Hing

Lam's mother

Cheung Yee

Lee Yee (Chui's elder cousin)

Helena Law Lan

Miss Lau

Ko Lo-Chuen

Principal

Yuen Lap-Cheung

Sturdy Faat

Lok Gung

Father Lee

Lee Sau-Kei

Addy Sung Gam-Loi