A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
July 12, 1955
Original Title:
後窗
Alternate Titles:
Rear Window
Genres:
Drama
Production Companies:
Liangyou Film Company
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 117
Reporter Yu Mong-yuen is recovering from a leg injury in his fiancee Man-wah's apartment. Bored, he looks out the rear window and observes the life of the neighbouring building. Among the tenants are a sugar-daddy and his mistress, a middle-aged man wants to marry a young girl, but she is in love with his son. Finally, she hatches a plot and makes the man agree to her marrying his son ; a sly fortune-teller ; a lively gym, a rich widow quarrels with the trainer of a gymnasium because his dog has bitten her cat ; and an opera school, a woman signs, leaning on the balcony, and a man tries to strangle her. In fact they are rehearsing an opera…… One evening, Wah is on the night shift, and Yuen watches the opera troupe rehearse to the end. Under the influence of drugs, Yu mistakenly believes that a divorced man has murdered a taxi dancer. He alerts the police, but the whole thing is nothing more than a misunderstanding.
Assistant Director:
Yip Feng-Tin
Lee Sau-Kei
Costume Designer:
Lee Wing-Chiu
Lai Chu
Director:
Chan Pei
Chu Kei
Ng Wui
Director of Photography:
Tsui Siu-Kui
Ngai Hoi-Fung
Ruan Zengsan
Wong Ming
Editor:
Choi Cheong
Hair Designer:
Tsui Kam-Lun
Fung San
Peng Yen-Lien
Kan Kuen
Makeup Artist:
Wu Da
Lai Siu-Wah
Tse Tsak-Yuen
Ma Tsan
Music:
Lo Ka-Chi
Lee Yuen-Man
Leung Ho Yin
Peter Chen Ho
Lee Ying-Yeung
Siu Leung-Ming
Music Score Producer:
Lam Kwok-Kai
Musician:
Hung Sin-Nui
Yam Kim-Fai
Producer:
Cheung Tit
Production Consultant:
Chu Tsi-Kwai
Yu Leung
Lee Hoi-Chuen
Ng Wui
Ng Cho-Fan
Ma Sze-Tsang
Cheung Ying
Pang Yin-nung
Production Manager:
Cheung Tit
Publicist:
Lam Kam
Pang Yin-nung
Scenic Artist:
Chan Ki-Yui
Leung Hoi-Shan
Chan King-Sam
Screenplay:
Cheng Kang
Cheung Shun
Script Supervisor:
Cheung Man
Chu Yat-Hung
Sound Recordist:
Woo Ching
Tam Wang-Yuen
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