The Diary of a Husband

Synopsis

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.

Cast

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