Song of China (1935)

Original title

天倫

Directed by

Fei Mu

Genre

drama film

Country

Republic of China

Runtime

1h 05m

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A wealthy family in 1930s China faces a crisis when the aging patriarch's children neglect their duty to him. The film follows their struggles to return to traditional values of respect and harmony within the home.

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What happens

Song of China (Chinese: 天倫; pinyin: Tiān lún), 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. The film is available with English translation on YouTube. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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