中英雙語話中國影視演藝圈 第6期:漁光曲

Song of the Fisherman (1934)《漁光曲》（1934)The story took place in a village near Shanghai. A wife whose husband was a poor fisherman, named Xufu struggled with her twins—a son, little Hou (Monkey), and a daughter, little Mao (Cat). After her husband's death in a storm, she had to become the wet nurse of He Ziying, son of the owner of many fishing boats, let her twins along.影片故事發生在上海附近的一個村子，窮苦漁民徐福和妻子有一對孿生子女小猴、小貓。一場暴風雨奪去了徐福的生命，徐妻只得撇下剛生下的兒女，隻身到了船王何家做了何家少爺子英的奶媽。Ten years later, Ziying, little Hou and little Mao grew up together and they became friends and playmates with each other. After eight years, the twins became fishermen like their father, renting he's fishers and living on fishing while Ziying travels abroad to study new techniques which would modernize his father's (later his own) fishing company. After that, fishermen and their mother still lives poorly, and Xu's mum became totally blind. The twins immigrated to Shanghai with their mother to see their uncle, but they could only made their living by singing on the street with the poor uncle.十年後，何家少爺子英和小貓、小猴都長大，由於三人從小在一起長大的，所以相互非常要好。又過了八年，小貓、小猴繼承父業，租了何家的漁船，以捕魚爲生。 何家少爺子英出國留學，主攻漁業，表示將來回國後要出力改良父親（後來他自己的）的漁業。在此之後，漁民的生活很不平靜，徐家生活依舊十分貧困，徐媽雙目失明。小貓和小猴只得帶着母親到上海投奔舅舅，然而也只能與舅舅一起在街頭賣唱爲生。One day, Ziying happened to meet Mao and Hou and gave them some money. But after being discovered in possession of such an unusually large sum, Mao and Hou were arrested in suspicion of theft. When they were released, they came back home only to find their home were accidentally burned, and their mother and uncle were killed in the fire. Mao and Hou were homeless and Ziying hoped they could live with his family. But they also learned that Ziying's father was completely ruined by his mistress and commited suicide. Ziying gave up his plan for reforming fishing industry and decided to restart their fishing business together. Unfortunately, Hou was seriously wounded in fishing and died...

一天，回國的子英碰巧在上海遇到了小貓、小猴並給他們一些錢，沒想到 這些錢反倒讓他們被懷疑是搶劫而得的，因而被捕人獄。他們出獄後，家裏發生了火災，徐媽和舅舅葬身火海。小貓、小猴無家可歸。何子英希望小貓、小猴到何家去，但父親的漁業公司也因他的情婦而破產自殺了。子英放棄了他改良漁業的計劃，決定跟着小貓、小猴一起到海上重振捕魚業。不幸的是,小猴因捕魚受重傷致死…

In 1934, as a successful film, Song of the Fishermen was a stir in filmdom because of its profound meaning and strong artistic appeal. The film was shown in the hot summer and attracted waves of audience. It played for 84 straight days in Shanghai and created the highest box-office of Chinese film. Its theme song became one of the household popular songs. In addition, it was notable as being the first Chinese film to win a prize, Honor Award, in the Moscow International 1935. It was not only welcomed by the audience but also gained the admiration of the representatives from the world filmdom.1934年，影片《漁光曲》以其深刻的思想內容和強烈的藝術感染力轟動影壇。 該片上映時值盛暑，觀衆如潮，在上海連映84天，創造了當時國產影片最髙上座紀錄。影片的主題歌，也成爲家喻戶曉的流行歌曲之一。本片在1935年莫斯科國際電影節上獲得“榮譽獎”，成爲中國第一部在國際上獲獎的影片。它不僅獲得廣大 觀衆的喜愛，也受到世界影壇人士的讚賞。