Song of the Fishermen ( Chinese 漁 光 曲 -) is a Chinese silent film of 1934 , directed by Tsai Chusheng according to his own script at the Lianhua Film Studio.
| Song of the fishermen | |
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| whale. "漁 光 曲" | |
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| Genre | drama |
| Producer | Tsai Chusheng |
| Author script | Tsai Chusheng |
| In the main cast | Wang Renmei Langen han Peng luo Kwah-wu shang |
| Film company | Lianhua |
| Duration | 57 min |
| A country |  Republic of China |
| Year | 1934 |
| IMDb | ID 1002784 |
Story
The film describes the struggle of a poor family of Chinese fishermen who are forced to sing in the streets in order to survive, about the trials and tribulations that have befallen them.
Cast
- Langen Han - Xu Xiao
- Peng luo
- Wang Renmei
- Kwah-wu shang
- Tianxiu tang
- Renmei wang
- Congmei Yuan
Reception
The film, shown at the Moscow International Film Festival in 1935 , brought enormous fees (only in Shanghai did it go to leading theaters for 84 days in a row) [1] .
The Song of the Fishermen was the first Chinese film to receive a major award at an international film festival ( Moscow International Film Festival 1935 ) [2] .
Notes
- ↑ MoMA staff. Bright Stars, Big City: Chinese Cinema's First Golden Era, 1922–1937 . MOMA .
- ↑ David Carter. East Asian Cinema . - Kamera Books, 2010.
Links
- " Song of the Fishermen " (English) on the Internet Movie Database
- Song of the Fishermen (Yuguang qu)