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<i>A Poet from the Sea</i>

A Poet from the Sea

1927 film

A Poet from the Sea is a 1927 Chinese silent film written and directed by Hou Yao, starring himself as a quixotic poet who tried to escape from the constraints of modernity. Filmed in Stanley, Hong Kong, it contains one of the earliest footages of Hong Kong.[1] Like most Chinese silent films, it features both Chinese and English intertitles.

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A fragment of the film was recovered in Europe and is currently stored in Italy's Cineteca di Bologna.[2]

Cast

  • Hou Yao as Meng Ih Bing, a poet
  • Lee Dan Dan as Liu Tsan Ying, a girl woodcutter
  • S.D. Dju as Liu Yung, Liu Tsan Ying's younger brother
  • Xing Banmei as Ms. Yang, Liu Tsan Ying's mother
  • Lim Cho Cho as Yin Meizhen, Meng Ih Bing's cousin
  • Mi Tsong as Ting Bung, Meng's neighbor and a farmer
  • Sing Yee as Chang Tien Pao, a local bully
  • S.M. Ying as Tsian Er, Chang Tien Pao's subordinate
  • Huang Guanqun as Yang Yi, fisherman
  • Ge Cihong as Shi Shaoqiu, a general's son
  • Ou Xizhang as Guo Yongnian, a wealthy playboy
  • Zhang Qilong as Wen Yuyuan, a journalist
  • Xin Xin as Jin Dayou, a banker

References

  1. [1]
    "HK Film Archive's "Transcending Space and Time" to showcase early cinematic experience of HK". Government of Hong Kong. 24 December 2013.
  2. [2]
    "Film Archive to hold conference on history of early Chinese cinema". Government of Hong Kong. 1 December 2009.
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