The Splendor of Youth: Whenever I feel down and out and I need a pick me up, I can usually count on an M. P. & G. I film to cheer me up. However, from the moment this film started, I could tell that something was different.

While the standard M. P. & G. I. film was a light hearted modern musical, this film is a heavy melodrama. Now some melodrama can at least be entertaining like Father Takes a Bride but this one felt more like a cross between a Greek tragedy and Sex Madness.

The plot is about a girl, Miss Han, who moves in with her friend Danni so she can continue her studies. Danni's mother seems eager to get her into the parties but Danni insists over and over that she not be a part of it. Of course the parties are a front for it being a sort of club where the girls of the family are essentially sold to various men. In the end we are given a stern lesson on morality and the good guys do walk away but with some serious scars.

Perhaps this film was intended to be a sort of moral play for the audience of its time to be wary and avoid such shady activity and to not let your reputation be damaged by getting in with the wrong crowd. I suppose had I watched it as a sort of moral play, I may have seen it in a different light but for now, I can't recommend this film to anyone.

Labels: Bad Movies, Cathay, Hong Kong