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Fortress of Flesh and Blood

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Cantonese / 98 MIN. / 1938

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The Synopsis

Professor Lo Yeung-guo (Hou Yao) and his students escape death from the Japanese army, and call on villagers in the countryside to form a guerrillas group. His son Lo Yung (Lau Hark-suen), however, indulges in debauchery. Entrapped by the Japanese, chicken-hearted Yung leaks information about the guerrilla that leads to deaths and injuries in the group. Yeung-guo reprimands his son for being an invisible traitor, inflicting even more harm than an outright traitor. Placing righteousness before family, he decides to execute his own son. As a writer-director-actor in the film, Hou Yao proclaimed his unwavering stance on resistance on the screen, and delivered a scathing attack on the cowardly ‘invisible traitors‘ at that time. Not long after, Hou was sadly arrested and executed by the Japanese army in Singapore.

The Cast

Hou YaoNancy Wan-Seung ChanJunchao JiangWong Sau-ninWong Cho-SanLau Hak-suenTan LoSan Baak Kui WingLau Kwai-HongNg Siu-shan

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