Song of the Fishermen

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Song of the Fishermen
Hanyu Pinyin
Yú guāng qǔ
Directed by
Lianhua Film Company
Release date
  • 1934 (1934)
Running time
57 minutes
CountryChina
LanguageSilent with Chinese intertitles

Song of the Fishermen is an early

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.

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.
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