Spring Love

As a leading figure of Hong Kong's 1960s youth musicals, director Wong Yiu launched his Golden Sail Film Company with this film. Josephine Siao stars as a well-off young woman betrothed by her father to a young man (Lui Kay). Determined to defy the arrangement, the lass teams up with her friends (Lydia Shum, Yip Ching and Lisa Cheung) to deceive her fiancée and his sister (Nancy Sit). A charming battle of wits ensues. This romantic comedy is a delightful portrayal of youth, animating with approving touches of the baby-boom generation's newfound rebelliousness, enchanting exuberance and gritty pursuits of freedom. In a vivid demonstration of East meeting West in Hong Kong, the film opens with the lead actresses teaming up to perform the song ‘More Than I Can Say' in a mix of Cantonese, English and Mandarin. The youthful Sit, trendy throughout a parade of eye-catching mini-skirts, puts her talents on full display with sweet singing and energetic dancing, much of the time cradling an electric guitar. Here presents a modern and chic Jade Girl of her time.

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