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Man's Heart (1928)

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Country
Malaysia

How it feels

This silent film follows overseas Chinese workers in the tin mining industry of 1920s Malaysia. It shows their struggles and hardships.

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What happens

Man's Heart (Chinese: 男子的心) is a British-Malaysian tragedy silent film about the overseas Chinese community in the tin mining industry. Produced and released in 1928, the film was presented by the Kwong Kwong Motion Picture Company (Chinese: 光光影片公司), which was located in Seremban, Negeri Sembilan state. Its film crew and shooting equipment came from the past Nanyang Low Pui-kim's self-made Motion Picture Company (Chinese: 南洋劉貝錦自製影片公司) in Singapore. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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