Song of the Fishermen

Song of the Fishermen
Traditional	漁光曲
Simplified	渔光曲
Mandarin	Yú guāng qǔ
Directed by	Cai Chusheng
Written by	Cai Chusheng
Starring	Wang Renmei,; Luo Peng,; Yuan Congmei,; Han Langen
Production; company	Lianhua Film Company
Release date	1934;
Running time	57 minutes
Country	China
Language	Silent with Chinese intertitles

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.

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

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

External links

Song of the Fishermen is available for free download at the Internet Archive
Song of the Fishermen at IMDb
Song of the Fishermen at the Chinese Cinema Web-based learning center at UCSD

[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.

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