July 8, 1927
Release Date

A Poet From The Sea (1927)

Name: A Poet From The Sea
Genre: Drama
Released: 1927-07-08

1h 30m

Running Time

July 8, 1927
Release Date

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Plot.

Hou Yao wrote, directed and starred in A Poet from the Sea (1927). It was shot in Stanley, Hong Kong. The surviving copy was only 23-minute long, but Hou Yao's romantic side was obvious through the scenic location and beautiful set-up. The love story between Poet (Hou Yao) and his lover (Lee Dan-dan) was pure and lyrical, a gem from China Sun Motion Picture Company (Shanghai) in the 1920s.

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This Movie Is About.

partially lost film

Cast & Crew.

Hou Yao

Ih Bing / Director / Writer

Mi-Tsong

Ting Bung

Miss D.D. Lee

Liu Tsan Ying

S.D. Dju

Liu Yung

Sing-Yee

Chang Tien Pao

S.M. Ying

Tsian Er

Details.

Release Date
July 8, 1927

Original Name
海角詩人

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 30m

Genres
Drama

Wiki.

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. 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.