White Poplar, Red Tears (1950)

Hui Man Ying and To Ying Hing are lovers who elope to live together under the White Poplar Mountain. It is wartime. When working in the field, Man Ying is press-ganged into the army and is not heard of again. Ying Hing gives birth to a baby girl, Chui Kiu. Bowing to her parents' pressure, Ying Hing marries Koo Lau Fong, giving up Chui Kiu to be raised by a servant, Uncle Chung. Seventeen years later, Chui Kiu grows up to be a vain, pretty girl, flirting with Siu Ping, the boy next door. One day, she meets and falls for Man Ying, who now goes by the surname Chan and does not know Chui Kiu is his own flesh and blood. Chui Kiu brings Man Ying to Lau Fong's birthday celebration where he meets Ying Hing. He berates her for marrying again. To spite her, Man Ying behaves more affectionately towards Chui Kiu. That night, an anxious Ying Hing goes to Man Ying's hotel and tells him the truth. Chui Kiu finds an aloof Man Ying when she goes to see him. Chui Kiu recognises Ying Hing's handbag, which is left at Man Ying's place by mistake. Thinking that Ying Hing is having an affair with Man Ying, she confronts her. Lau Fong, now aware of the affair, assaults Ying Hing. Meanwhile, Siu Ping takes advantage of the chaos and rapes Chui Kiu. Thinking that Lau Fong has done the deed, Ying Hing intends to shoot him but is shot instead. When Man Ying and Chui Kiu arrive at the scene, a dying Ying Hing tells Chui Kiu her real identity. Siu Ping admits the wrong deed and is willing to marry Chui Kiu. Ying Hing dies in Man Ying's arms. (Source: Chinese = mcms.lcsd.gov.hk || Translation = MyDramaList) ~~ Adapted from the opera "Baak Yeung Hung Leui" (白楊紅淚) staged by the Sun Sing Opera Troupe. Edit Translation

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