A boy learns the streets steal more than wallets—they steal childhoods.
Young widow Li Jingqin is struggling to put her son Du Shaoxiong through school with her meagre income. Bullied by the landlady, Du spends his days wandering the streets where he is lured by a gang to commit crimes. Fortunately, Du has a heart of gold.
Acting
Child performance that'll wreck you completely.
Direction
Cheng's unflinching eye for urban poverty.
Director
Bugao Cheng
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of Hong Kong's 1950s 'social problem' film wave, directly influenced by Italian neorealism post-WWII.
Director Bugao Cheng was a leftist filmmaker whose work was later suppressed; many prints were lost.
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