Song of China

Infobox_Film


caption =
name = Song of China
imdb_id = 0028281
amg_id = 1:45645
writer = Zhong Shigen
starring = Zheng Junli
Chen Yanyan
Lin Chuchu
Zhang Yi
Li Zhuozhuo
director = Fei Mu
Luo Mingyou
cinematography = Wang Shaofen
producer = Luo Mingyou
distributor = Lianhua Film Company
runtime = 65 min
released = 1935 (China)
November 9, 1936 (United States)
country = China
language = Mandarin
budget =|

"Song of China" (zh-cp|c=天伦|p=Tiān lún) also known as "Filial Piety" is a 1936 Chinese film directed by Fei Mu and Luo Mingyou for the Lianhua Film Company.

Unlike earlier Lianhua films that railed against traditional society, "Song of China" is representative of the New Life Movement of Chiang Kai-Shek, which celebrates traditional Confucian values.cite web|url=http://chinesecinema.ucsd.edu/film/tiannun.html| title=Song of China, aka Filial Piety (Tianlun) |publisher=UCSD Chinese Cinema Web-based learning center |date=2003|accessdate=2007-12-27]

"Song of China" is one of the few Chinese films made in the 1930s to be screened in the United States.

Cast

*Zheng Junli
*Chen Yanyan
*Lin Chuchu
*Zhang Yi
*Li Zhuozhuo

Plot

A young man (Zheng Junli) returns home to see his elderly father before the latter dies. The father tells his son to extend the love he feels for his family to the greater good. The young man tries to teach the same principles to his children, who instead run off to the city to enjoy the city.

The man, however, moves to the countryside to build an orphanage. When his children eventually return, he gives them the same advice his father had given him.

References

External links

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* [http://chinesecinema.ucsd.edu/film/tiannun.html "Song of China"] at the UCSD Chinese Cinema Web-based learning center