Yu Guang Qu (1934)
Directed by
Cai Chusheng
Also Known As:
Song of the Fishermen (International: English title)
Le chant des pêcheurs (French title)
Runtime: 57 min
Country: China
Language: Chinese
Subs: English
Color: Black and White
Sound Mix: Silent
Awards: Honor Award The 1th Moscow International Film Festival 1935
Imdb link: None
Seance.org: http://www.seances.org/fr/film.asp?id=9690
Song of the Fishermen (= Yu Guang Qu) was made in 1934. It was directed by Cai Chusheng and stars Wang Renmei, Yuan Congmei, Han Lan’gen, Tang Tianxiu. It is basically a silent film with a synchronous soundtrack for music and sound effects only (baby’s cries, horns, crowd noise and folksongs). This is an important film in the history of the Chinese movie industry. It won an award from 1th Moscow International Film Festival, and is a tragic tale of fishing family.
Song of the Fishermen (Yu Guang Qu) (1934) is the tale of a fisherman's family living on the coast of the East China Sea, left helpless by the death of the father in a storm. It is an early example of location filming used in order to heighten the realism of the story. Director Cai Chusheng struggled to incorporate synchronous sound into the film, employing a new Chinese-developed sound technology produced by The Three Friends System. Sound entered general use in Chinese cinema later than in Western film because silent films continued to draw large audiences in China, and monopolies controlled by American film companies did not allow Chinese filmmakers easy access to sound equipment.
In 1935, Song of the Fishermen received the Honor Award at the Moscow Film Festival. It was the first Chinese film to win an international award.
China’s Filmmaking Debut
Early Chinese films were, however, largely based on silent American films, particularly those of Charlie Chaplin. Making films for a specifically Chinese audience was a problem that Chinese filmmakers faced for the following two decades. Then, in 1923, Zheng Zhengqiu and Zhang Shichuan made the feature film Orphan Rescues His Grandfather. This was the second milestone in early Chinese filmmaking and a huge hit, being based on a theme to which all Chinese people relate – kinship. It marked the beginning of the Chinese tradition of film as a form of social education. Plots centered on the family as a vehicle through which to reflect ethical contradictions and social realities. The three most commercially successful Chinese films prior to the founding of the People’s Republic of China in 1949 were "Twin Sisters", directed by Zheng Zhengqiu, and Cai Chusheng’s "Song of the Fishermen" and "Spring River Flows East".
Cai Chusheng was main representative of China's second-generation film directors. Cai's success was based on his desire to convey social realities while celebrating traditional Chinese values. His film Spring River Flows East is about a man who abandons his first wife after achieving power and position, a scenario familiar to Chinese filmgoers of the time, other than its being set during the eight-year Chinese War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression (1937-45). National events during this period affected every Chinese family and person, and gave rise to the Chinese maxim "Every person has a share of responsibility in the fate of their country." The film's combination of historic mission and artistic appeal elevated this film about family ethics to a classic epic.
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