THE YOUNG ONES

In 1973, Alan Tang starred with Chen Chen in the romantic drama The Young Ones.

I wish to thank Irene for providing the movie and the lobby card. The story write up below is mostly taken from the lobby card as there were no subtitles on the movie.

The Story

As an visiting student to a Taiwan University, Hong Kong boy Meng-Lo (Alan Tang) gets a room in the home of his father's friends, Mr. and Mrs. Yeung. It is here that he meets their daughter Hang-ni (Chen Chen) who was born with a serious heart defect. This defect causes her to collapse under stress and she has been warned not to fall in love. Hang-in plays the piano and sings well which fascinates Tang.

Tang and Hang-ni fall in love in despite the strong objections of their parents. Love works wonders for Hang-ni (Chen Chen). She and Tang enjoy life and he buys her a puppy. Tang however in called home to Hong Kong because he is told his mother is sick. Actually, this was just a trick to separate the two lovers. The separation so upsets Hang-ni that she dies.

Tang is miserable in Hong Kong and finally his mother takes pity on him and gives him a ticket back to Taiwan. When he learns of Hang-ni's death, he is in despair until one day he spots a Siu-mei (Chen Chen), a girl who looks exactly like Hang-ni. Siu-mei is a pop singer starlette and Tang pursues her. They like each other but Siu-mei resents that Tang thinks of her as a replacement for Hang-ni. Eventually, they fall in love.

WARNING CONCLUSION: Tang takes Siu-mei to meet Hang-ni's parents. Hang-ni's mother tells them that the Hang-ni and Siu-mei were twins separated at birth because of family troubles. It seems she had lost her own baby a few days after it was born. The mother of the twins died so their father was talked into giving one of the baby girls away. Tang's parents object to Siu-mei because she is a singer but eventually everything works out for the lovers, Tang and Siu-Mei.