Man's Heart

Man's Heart (男子的心)
Production
company
Kwong Kwong Motion Picture Company (Chinese: 光光影片公司)
Release date
  • 29 November 1928 (1928-11-29)
Running time
9 reels
Countries
  • Malaysia
  • United Kingdom
Languagessilent film with Chinese and English subtitles

Man's Heart (Chinese: 男子的心) is a British-Malaysian tragedy silent film about the overseas Chinese community in the tin mining industry. Produced and released in 1928, the film was presented by the Kwong Kwong Motion Picture Company (Chinese: 光光影片公司), which was located in Seremban, Negeri Sembilan state. Its film crew and shooting equipment came from the past Nanyang Low Pui-kim's self-made Motion Picture Company (Chinese: 南洋劉貝錦自製影片公司) in Singapore.[1]

Release record

Plot

In order to seek more girlfriends, a Chinese man abandons his family, leaving his wife and son to a hard life. In the end, all his lovers leave him, and he suffers retribution for his sin.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ Singapore Chinese newspaper "Lat Pau (叻報)", 29 November, Thursday, page 7 (第七頁): Singapore local news 2 (本坡新聞二).
  2. ^ Singapore Chinese newspaper "Nanyang Siang Pau (南洋商報)", 29 November, Thursday, page 4 (第四頁): Singapore local news 2 (本坡新聞).
  3. ^ Singapore Chinese newspaper " Union Times (總匯新報)", 29 November, Thursday, page 23 (第廿三版).
  4. ^ Singapore Chinese newspaper "Sin Kuo Min Press (新國民日報)", 30 November, Friday, page 6 (第四頁): Singapore local essential news 2 (本坡要聞一).
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