Song of the Fishermen

Song of the Fishermen

Infobox Chinese Film
name = Song of the Fishermen


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director = Cai Chusheng
producer =
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 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. [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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External links

*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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