Today the film is considered one of the earliest films of the leftist movement in 1930s Shanghai.
Plot
The film tells the story of a family of poor silk farmers in Zhejiang province, who suffer hardship and deprivation when their crop of silkworm cocoons die off. The film criticizes not only the harsh market conditions that have forced the family into poverty, but the family's own superstitions and selfishness.
Old Tong Bao is the patriarch of a silkworm-rearing family in Zhejiang. He refuses to buy foreign breeds of silkworms for his coming crop. The market conditions are harsh and despite the efforts his family put in rearing the silkworms, the ensuing cocoons are unable to fetch a price in the market. The film also features a subplot where a married woman, Lotus, is ostracized by Tong Bao's family for being a supposed jinx.
External links
Spring Silkworms (1933) with English subtitles, on the Chinese Film Classics website
spring, silkworms, film, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, spring, silkworms, film, news, newspapers, . This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Spring Silkworms film news newspapers books scholar JSTOR May 2019 Learn how and when to remove this template message Spring Silkworms simplified Chinese 春蚕 traditional Chinese 春蠶 pinyin Chuncan is a 1933 silent film from China It was directed by Cheng Bugao and was adapted by Cai Chusheng citation needed and Xia Yan from the novella of the same name by Chinese author Mao Dun Spring SilkwormsDirected byCheng BugaoWritten byCai ChushengXia YanShort story Mao DunStarringXiao YingYan YuexianAi XiaCinematographyWang ShizhenProductioncompanyMingxing Film CompanyRelease date1933Running time96 min at 25 frames per second CountryChinaLanguageSilent with Chinese intertitlesThe film stars Xiao Ying Yan Yuexian Gong Jianong Gao Qianping and Ai Xia and was produced by the Mingxing Film Company Today the film is considered one of the earliest films of the leftist movement in 1930s Shanghai Plot EditThe film tells the story of a family of poor silk farmers in Zhejiang province who suffer hardship and deprivation when their crop of silkworm cocoons die off The film criticizes not only the harsh market conditions that have forced the family into poverty but the family s own superstitions and selfishness Old Tong Bao is the patriarch of a silkworm rearing family in Zhejiang He refuses to buy foreign breeds of silkworms for his coming crop The market conditions are harsh and despite the efforts his family put in rearing the silkworms the ensuing cocoons are unable to fetch a price in the market The film also features a subplot where a married woman Lotus is ostracized by Tong Bao s family for being a supposed jinx External links EditSpring Silkworms 1933 with English subtitles on the Chinese Film Classics website Spring Silkworms at IMDb Spring Silkworms at the Chinese Movie Database Spring Silkworms at the UCSD Chinese Cinema Web based Learning Center This article related to a Chinese film is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Spring Silkworms film amp oldid 1123148485, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
