The Light of Maternal Instinct
1933, Chinese. Directed by Bu Wan-Cang.
Although Hui-Ying is now married to a husband that offers a life of stability and comfort, over ten years ago her first husband (Jia-Hu) fled from Shanghai to Nanyang (old name for Southeast Asia) to escape capture by a warlord - leaving her and their toddler daughter (Shao-Mei) behind in helpless desperation. Despite the mother's emotional attachment to her absent husband, she has never told the daughter about Jia-Hu so the daughter believes the stepfather is her biological father. But the mother begins to have second thoughts about the stepfather when she sees the teen daughter zealously follow the path paved by him - a path that the mother fears will lead to her daughter's moral decline.
- Runtime
- 1h 32m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Chinese
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- Released
- 1 January 1933
- Original title
- 母性之光
- Country
- China
- Written by
- Bu Wan-Cang
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The Light of Maternal Instinct runs 92 minutes (1h 32m).
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The Light of Maternal Instinct isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 January 1933. (Checked 13 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Light of Maternal Instinct?
The Light of Maternal Instinct (1933) was directed by Bu Wan-Cang and stars Chen Yanyan, Jin Yan, Lai Cheuk-Cheuk.