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 byFei Mu
Luo Mingyou
Written byZhong Shigen
Produced byLuo Mingyou
StarringZheng Junli
Chen Yen-yen
Lim Cho Cho
Zhang Yi
Lai Cheuk-Cheuk
CinematographyWang Shaofen
Music byWei Zhongle
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Release dates
  • 1935 (1935) (China)
  • 9 November 1936 (1936-11-09) (U.S.)
Running time
65 minutes
CountryChina
LanguageMandarin

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]

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Plot

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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.

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  1. ^ a b "Song of China, aka Filial Piety (Tianlun)". UCSD Chinese Cinema Web-based learning center. 2003. Archived from the original on 14 August 2007. Retrieved 27 December 2007.
  2. ^ Song of China (Tianlun, 1935), in the Directory of Early Chinese Films: https://chinesefilmclassics.org/song-of-china-1935/
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