Fong Yim-fun made her screen debut with The Flower Drops by the Red Chamber (1950). She was so unhappy with it that she stopped appearing in films, until renowned librettist-scriptwriter-director Tong Tik-sang came along. Tong and Astor Theatre's Ho Chak-chong formed Chak Sang Co Motion Picture Services with the goal of making films with better artistic and production values, and they convinced Fong to be the jewel in the company's crown. Adapted from the Cantonese opera of the same title, Mysterious Murder is set in contemporary times, about the tragic fate of So Ying-suet, a poor family's daughter. She becomes pregnant with her lover but is forced to marry the ailing son of a former warlord. Ying-suet is ostracised by the warlord's family and things get only worse when she gives birth to a daughter and her husband dies of illness…Mysterious Murder, a signature work in the early stage of Fong's film tenure, finds the actress trying to strike a balance between stage and screen, beautifully exuding a wide range of emotions, from gentility to despondence, from vivacity to sorrow.

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