Go After an Easy Prey (Chinese: 瓮中捉鳖) is a Chinese animated film in black and white from 1948. It is also referred to as "Turtle Caught in a Jar".

Go After an Easy Prey
Directed byFong Ming
Written byZhu Dan
Release date
  • 1948 (1948)
CountryChina
LanguageMandarin

Translation

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The title of the film is a phrase describing something as easy to catch as a turtle. The off English translation may be "shooting fish in a barrel".

Background

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The film was produced by the Northeast Film Studio during its transitional phase with the downfall of the puppet government Manchukuo.[1]

Story

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The film is believed to be more of a documentary view of China's civil war in the 1940s when Chiang Kai-shek was considered to be favored and aided by U.S imperialism. He was metaphorically described as trapped like a turtle by the People's Liberation Army.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Cyyy. "Cyyy." "Changchun." Retrieved on 2007-01-18. Archived February 26, 2005, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Mtime. "Mtime."[unreliable source?] "Go after an Easy Prey." Retrieved on 2007-01-18.
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