A Poet from the Sea

A Poet from the Sea
Traditional Chinese	海角 詩人
Simplified Chinese	海角 诗人
Hanyu Pinyin	Hǎijiǎo Shīrén
Jyutping	Hoi2-gok3 Si1-jan4
Directed by	Hou Yao
Written by	Hou Yao
Produced by	Y.S. Lee Lai Man-Wai
Starring	Hou Yao Lee Dan Dan Lim Cho Cho Mi Tsong
Cinematography	L.K. Liang
Production company	China Sun Motion Picture Company
Release date	14 March 1927 (1927-03-14)
Running time	~20 minutes (incomplete)
Country	Republic of China
Languages	Silent film, with Chinese and English intertitles

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.

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