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A Poet from the Sea
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox film
| name = A Poet from the Sea
| image = Apoetfromthesea.jpg
| native_name =
| director = Hou Yao
| writer = Hou Yao
| producer =
| released =
| cinematography = L.K. Liang
| runtime = ~20 minutes (incomplete)
| country = Republic of China
| language = Silent film, with Chinese and English intertitles
| studio = China Sun Motion Picture Company
| starring =
}}
'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. Like most Chinese silent films, it features both Chinese and English intertitles.
A fragment of the film was recovered in Europe and is currently stored in Italy's Cineteca di Bologna.
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
Category:Chinese silent films
Category:Films shot in Hong Kong
Category:Films about poets
Category:Chinese romance films
Category:Films directed by Hou Yao
Category:Chinese black-and-white films
Category:1920s romance films
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