Song of the Fishermen

Song of the Fishermen is an early Chinese silent film directed by Cai Chusheng in 1934, and produced by the Lianhua Film Company. The film, like many of the period, details the struggle of the poorer classes, in this case a family of fishermen who are forced to sing on the streets in order to survive.

Song of the Fishermen
Traditional Chinese漁光曲
Simplified Chinese渔光曲
Hanyu PinyinYú guāng qǔ
Directed byCai Chusheng
Written byCai Chusheng
StarringWang Renmei,
Luo Peng,
Yuan Congmei,
Han Langen
Production
company
Release date
  • 1934 (1934)
Running time
57 minutes
CountryChina
LanguageSilent with Chinese intertitles

A successful film, Song of the Fishermen played for 84 straight days in Shanghai.[1] It was the first Chinese film to win a prize in an international film festival (Moscow Film Festival in 1935).[2]

References

  1. MoMA staff. "Bright Stars, Big City: Chinese Cinema's First Golden Era, 1922–1937". MOMA. Retrieved 2007-08-25.
  2. David Carter (2010). East Asian Cinema. Kamera Books. ISBN 9781842433805.


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