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The Deformed

8.0 99 mins 1960
Shaw Brothers  
Director(s): Griffin Yueh Feng

Release Date: 19 Fri, Feb 1960

Nurse Leng Shuxian is forced by family circumstances to marry Long Yusheng (King Hu), a grossly disfigured Quasimodo with a heart of gold. Shuxian tries but is unable to accept his deformity and they remain a couple in name only. With the appearance of Yusheng's cousin, she has to make a choice between personal happiness and family duty. From the start, Loh's character and drove the action, evoking a great intensity of emotions along the way: suffering, resignation and loneliness. Loh was lauded as the "Queen of Tragedy" after her heart-wrenching portrayal in this film. Winner of two Golden Harvest Awards – for best screenplay and best black-and-white cinematography – at the 8th Asian Film Festival in 1961.

Casts of The Deformed

King Hu

as Long Yusheng

Betty Loh Ti

as Leng Shuxian

Ching Miao

as Lung Bing-Hsun

Chao Ming

as Shao Kuo-Hsiung

Hung Mei

as Mrs. Lung

Yang Chi-Ching

as Ling Kuo-Hwa

Kao Hsiang

as Mrs. Ling

Kong Yan

as Hung Yu-Ching

Lai Man

as Mrs. Shao

Chang Ke-Jen

as Ms. Hisao-Ping

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