The Diary of a Husband

The Diary of a Husband

1964 · 98 min · ★ 9.0 · Comedy

The Diary of a Husband serves as an illustration for the arrival of the white-collar economy, in which the extended family is replaced by the smaller nuclear family. It is a story about four pals who work at the same office, which, like other white-collar workplaces, has become the men's primary site of life, where livings are made and friendships fostered. Meanwhile, their wives have fostered something of their own—a brigade to catch cheating husbands. Much comedy is then generated by the cat-and-mouse game between the men and the women...The battle line drawn here between the sexes remains for years, to the extent that this very same story has been retold many times in Hong Kong films, including Men Suddenly in Black, the 2003 Pang Ho-cheung film with a similar Chinese title.

Directed by Chor Yuen · Written by Chor Yuen

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Ting Ying Hui Suet-sam
Lam Bun Mo Yat-ming
Keung Chung-Ping Lung Sheung-tin
Helena Law Lan Mrs. Lung
Yu Ming Yuen Tei-lung
Cheng Kwun-Min Chow Kei-Luen
Lee Hong Kum Fong Tin-bing
Lam Yim Fake Geisha Dor Dor
Ko Lo-Chuen Poon Lou-Bat
Hui Ying-Ying Mrs. Yuen
Ma Siu-Ying Mrs. Poon
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