- Song of the Fishermen
Infobox Chinese Film
name = Song of the Fishermen
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director =Cai Chusheng
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writer = Cai Chusheng
starring =Wang Renmei ,Luo Peng ,Yuan Congmei ,Han Langen
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released = 1934
runtime = Approximately 57 min.
language = Silent with Chinese intertitles
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imdb_id = 1002784
jianti = 渔光曲
fanti = 漁光曲
pinyin = Yú guāng qū"Song of the Fishermen" is an early Chinese
silent film directed byCai Chusheng in 1934, and produced by theLianhua 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. [cite web|url=http://moma.org/exhibitions/film/2005/Chinese_cinema.html| title=Bright Stars, Big City: Chinese Cinema’s First Golden Era, 1922–1937 | author = MoMA staff| publisher = MOMA | accessdate = 2007-08-25] In addition, it is notable as being the first Chinese film to win a prize in an international film festival (in Moscow).
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*Internet Archive|id=song_of_the_fishermen|name=Song of the Fishermen (full movie)
*imdb title|id=1002784|title=Song of the Fishermen
* [http://chinesecinema.ucsd.edu/film/Yuguangqu.html "Song of the Fishermen"] at the Chinese Cinema Web-based learning center at UCSD
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