Fishing Child (1959)
- Original title
- 渔童
- Directed by
- Guchan Wan
- Genre
- animation, fantasy
- Country
- People's Republic of China
- Runtime
- 23 min
- Rating
- 6.6 of 10 from 7 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
An old fisherman under colonial oppression finds a magical basin that produces pearls from a dancing child spirit. After a foreign missionary tries to steal it, the fisherman breaks the basin in court, unleashing the child to defeat the villain.
whimsicalfairytalefolkloricresilientmorally clearaction-orientedvisually stylizedpatriotic
What happens
《渔童》是一部中国上海美术电影制片厂制作的剪纸动画作品，曾于1980年获得全国第二次少年儿童文艺创作二等奖。 作品改编自清末鸦片战争后，流传于中国渔民间的故事。 鸦片战争过后，西方入侵者控制了中国各港口，中国渔民被禁止出海捕鱼。有个老渔夫迫于生计，在深夜冒险出海捕鱼。海上风急浪高，老渔夫一鱼未获，仅捕获一个鱼盆，盆上绘有一个栩栩如生的渔童。 老渔民把鱼盆带回家放到桌上，意想不到的是，每至半夜老渔翁熟睡之时，渔童会从鱼盆里跳出来，用钓竿在鱼盆里垂钓，钓出很多的珍珠。到了第二天，老渔夫就把珍珠带到市上卖。不久，鱼盆的事情传到了一个洋教士耳中，洋教士欲将鱼盆据为己有，于是便与当地官府勾结 ，将渔夫告上公堂，一口咬定鱼盆是自己所有，强迫渔夫将鱼盆归还。渔夫不愿让鱼盆落入洋人之手，在公堂之上当众将鱼盆摔得粉碎，将渔童变了出来，渔童大闹公堂，将洋人扔入大海里。最后渔童又变回了渔盆。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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