Man's Heart

Man's Heart (男子だんし的てき心しん)
Man's Heart (男子だんし的てき心しん)
Production; company	Kwong Kwong Motion Picture Company (Chinese: 光ひかり光こう影かげ片へん公司こうし)
Release date	29 November 1928;
Running time	9 reels
Countries	Malaysia; United Kingdom;
Languages	silent film with Chinese and English subtitles

Man's Heart (Chinese: 男子だんし的てき心こころ) 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: 光ひかり光こう影かげ片へん公司こうし), 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: 南洋なんよう劉りゅう貝かい錦にしき自製じせい影かげ片へん公司こうし) in Singapore.^[1]

Release record[edit]

Seremban, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia
- Premiere in "(時じ新しん戲おどけ院いん)" in Seremban^{[citation needed]}
Singapore
- one ticket to watch two movies, with another 1927 silent film "(血淚けつるい碑ひ)" from Shanghai Star Motion Pictures Company, in Marlborough Theatre (曼舞羅ら戲おどけ院いん) in Beach Road, Singapore, total four days, from 29 November to 2 December 1928.^[2]

Plot[edit]

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]

External links[edit]

Silent film "Man's Heart (男子だんし的てき心しん)" on YouTube

References[edit]

^ Singapore Chinese newspaper "Lat Pau (叻報)", 29 November, Thursday, page 7 (第だい七なな頁ぺーじ): Singapore local news 2 (本ほん坡新聞しんぶん二に).
^ Singapore Chinese newspaper "Nanyang Siang Pau (南洋なんよう商しょう報ほう)", 29 November, Thursday, page 4 (第だい四よん頁ぺーじ): Singapore local news 2 (本ほん坡新聞しんぶん).
^ Singapore Chinese newspaper " Union Times (總そう匯新報ほう)", 29 November, Thursday, page 23 (第だい廿にじゅう三さん版はん).
^ Singapore Chinese newspaper "Sin Kuo Min Press (新しん國民こくみん日報にっぽう)", 30 November, Friday, page 6 (第だい四よん頁ぺーじ): Singapore local essential news 2 (本ほん坡要聞一).

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[1] Singapore Chinese newspaper "Lat Pau (叻報)", 29 November, Thursday, page 7 (第だい七なな頁ぺーじ): Singapore local news 2 (本ほん坡新聞しんぶん二に).

[2] Singapore Chinese newspaper "Nanyang Siang Pau (南洋なんよう商しょう報ほう)", 29 November, Thursday, page 4 (第だい四よん頁ぺーじ): Singapore local news 2 (本ほん坡新聞しんぶん).

[3] Singapore Chinese newspaper " Union Times (總そう匯新報ほう)", 29 November, Thursday, page 23 (第だい廿にじゅう三さん版はん).

[4] Singapore Chinese newspaper "Sin Kuo Min Press (新しん國民こくみん日報にっぽう)", 30 November, Friday, page 6 (第だい四よん頁ぺーじ): Singapore local essential news 2 (本ほん坡要聞一).

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