''Song of Tomorrow'' is a 1967 Hong Kong drama film written and directed by

Doe Ching Doe Ching (1915 – 16 May 1969) was a Chinese film director and screenwriter who worked in the cinema of Hong Kong. Biography In 1915, Doe was born in Zhejiang province, China. Doe directed over 51 films between 1952 and 1969. His 1967 fi ...

, based on Fang Lung-hsiang's novel of the same name. The story is about a woman's struggle to set her love free from

substance dependence Substance dependence, also known as drug dependence, is a biopsychological situation whereby an individual's functionality is dependent on the necessitated re-consumption of a psychoactive substance because of an adaptive state that has develope ...

Plot

After her father's death, Su Ling (

Ivy Ling Po Huang Yu-chun (born 16 November 1939 in Shantou, Republic of China (1912–49), Republic of China), known by her final stage name Ivy Ling Po, is a retired Hong Kong actress and Chinese opera singer. She is best known for a number of mega-hit H ...

) struggles to support her ill mother and disabled brother, but Mr. Su's former student Chiang Sung-ping (Chiao Chuang), a virtuoso drummer, does everything to help them. With Chiang's help, Su Ling becomes a skilled singer and performs in nightclub with him. They fall in love, but one day Su learns that Chiang is dependent on a drug to help him focus. Chiang promises that he would quit, but soon Su finds out otherwise and breaks up with him. Later, after listening to Chiang's explanation, Su realizes how they love each other and is determined to help him recover from the drug addiction. They get married and go to a resort for their honeymoon. Everything is blissful, but the possibility of her husband smoking the substance again is always in the back of Su's mind.

Cast

This is a partial list of cast. *

- Su Ling * Kiu Chong - Jiang Song Ping * Chin Han - Yu Ming * Shen Yi - Bai Lu * Lui Ming - David Zhu * Chen Hung-Lieh - Xiao Ding * Tien Shun - Manager Chan * Ma Hsiao-Nung - Ling's mother

References

External links

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Song of Tomorrow at senscritique.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Song of Tomorrow (1967 film) Hong Kong films 1960s Mandarin-language films