Education of Love
愛的教育
Release: 1961-08-03
·Runtime: 117m
Drama
.A young middle-class upstart Lin Ching Yi reluctantly takes on the task as understudy for her sick father who's a dedicated teacher to a band of mischievous working-class 3rd graders that initially proved to be much more than she can handle. Yet it is the matronly bond that is formed with her little urchin flock and her gradual understanding of the their poverty-stricken home lives outside of the classroom that raises the stakes for her as a teacher. It doesn't hurt that her empathetic male colleague Kit Chang provides support for her dilemmas also provide her a prospect as love interest. With growing ties with her students and school, Lin finds herself accepting the challenge for education of her community with her own education of love.
Production Countries
Hong Kong
Production Companies
Motion Picture & General Investment Co., Ltd.
Cast
Jeanette Lin Tsui
as Lin Jingyi
Wang Lai
as Mama Lin
Ng Ming-Choi
as Chen Man
Lui Tat
as School Headmaster
Teng Hsiao-Yu
as Zhang Yaozong
Kao Hsiang
as Mrs Niu
Kelly Lai Chen
as Shi Jie/Zhang Shijie
Wu Chia-Hsiang
as Signs funeral book [cameo]
Ma Hsiao-Nung
as Chen Man's mother
Shen Chong
as [Cameo]
Bai Yu
as Tao Yangui's mother
Chu Mu
as He Shuang Chuan's father
Yin Wang
as Papa Lin/Lin Xuexian
Sammo Hung Kam-Bo
as Shao Tu-tzu