Song of China
Encyclopedia
Song of China also known as Filial Piety is a 1935
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.
Song of China is one of the few Chinese films made in the 1930s to be screened in the United States.
) 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.
1935 in film
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Chinese film
Cinema of China
The Chinese-language cinema has three distinct historical threads: Cinema of Hong Kong, Cinema of China, and Cinema of Taiwan. Since 1949 the cinema of mainland China has operated under restrictions imposed by the Communist Party of China's State Administration of Radio, Film, and Television and...
directed by Fei Mu
Fei Mu
Fei Mu was a major Chinese film director from the pre-Communist era.-Biography:Born in Shanghai, China, Fei Mu is considered by many to be one of the major film directors prior to the communist revolution in 1949...
and Luo Mingyou for the Lianhua Film Company
Lianhua Film Company
The Lianhua Film Company was one of two major production companies based in Shanghai, China during the 1930s, the other being the Mingxing Film Company.-Names:...
.
Unlike earlier Lianhua films that railed against traditional society, Song of China is representative of the New Life Movement
New Life Movement
The New Life Movement was set up by Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek and his wife Soong May-ling in February 1934, with the help of the Blue Shirts Society and the CC Clique within the Chinese Nationalist Party...
of Chiang Kai-Shek
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang Kai-shek was a political and military leader of 20th century China. He is known as Jiǎng Jièshí or Jiǎng Zhōngzhèng in Mandarin....
, which celebrates traditional Confucian values.
Song of China is one of the few Chinese films made in the 1930s to be screened in the United States.
Cast
- Zheng JunliZheng JunliZheng Junli was a Chinese actor and director born in Shanghai and who rose to prominence in the golden age of Chinese Cinema.-Early years:...
- Chen Yanyan
- Lin Chuchu
- Zhang Yi
- Li Zhuozhuo
Plot
A young man (Zheng JunliZheng Junli
Zheng Junli was a Chinese actor and director born in Shanghai and who rose to prominence in the golden age of Chinese Cinema.-Early years:...
) 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.
External links
- Song of China at the UCSD Chinese Cinema Web-based learning center