Name: The Happy Trio
Director: John Law Ma
Released: 1975-02-08
Duration: 1 h 39 min
Rating: 7.5
Cast: Li Ching, Yau Fung, Wang Sha, Tang Ching, Ku Chiu-Chin

Subtitles for: The Happy Trio (1975)

Following the lives of three downtrodden but resilient outcasts, John Lo Mar's gritty social drama paints a sense of realism rarely seen in Hon Kong movies. Li Ching - the best actress of her era - play Ah Chiao is a girl from a rural village stranded in the city, who befriends a kind-hearted transient and a retired actor. They are poor, but they are happy. Although her fortune changes for the better when she becomes a singer, she ultimately learns money can't buy happiness.