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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.

Song of China
Directed by	Fei Mu Luo Mingyou
Written by	Zhong Shigen
Produced by	Luo Mingyou
Starring	Zheng Junli Chen Yen-yen Lim Cho Cho Zhang Yi Lai Cheuk-Cheuk
Cinematography	Wang Shaofen
Music by	Wei Zhongle
Production company	Lianhua Film Company
Release dates	1935 (1935) (China) 9 November 1936 (1936-11-09) (U.S.)
Running time	65 minutes
Country	China
Language	Mandarin

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.[1]

Song of China is one of the few Chinese films made in the 1930s to be screened in the United States.[1] The film is available with English translation on YouTube.[2]

Cast

• Zheng Junli
• Chen Yen-yen
• Lim Cho Cho
• Zhang Yi
• Lai Cheuk-Cheuk

Plot

A young man (Zheng Junli) returns home to see his elderly father before the latter dies. The father tells his son to extend the love he feels for his family to the greater good. The young man tries to teach the same principles to his children, who instead run off to the city to enjoy the city.

The man, however, moves to the countryside to build an orphanage. When his children eventually return, he gives them the same advice his father had given him.

References

External links

• Song of China (1935): full film with English subtitles, and links to related materials, on scholarly website chinesefilmclassics.org
• Song of China at IMDb
• Song of China at AllMovie
• Song of China at the UCSD Chinese Cinema Web-based learning center

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