Tong Suet-hing
Acting
Known For
The film is divided into seven episodes, each episode directed by a different director. The film was selected as one of the top hundred Chinese films by film historian Du Yunzhi (HKFA).
At This Crucial Juncture
The only film written and directed by Run Run Shaw.
Country Bumpkin Visits His In-Laws
Hong Kong romance.
The Platinum Dragon (Part 2)
An early comedic film by the Tianyi Movie Company
The Country Bumpkin Tours the City
A wealthy man's son, who has a sinecure as a hotel owner, poses as a bellhop to win the affections of a woman guest with whom he has fallen madly in love, but who seeks a common man who is earning his own way. This first Cantonese-language talkie was based on a successful 1930 stage musical written by and starring Xue JueXian (Sit KokSin), the plot of which was in turn inspired by a 1929 silent Hollywood romance called "The Grand Duchess And The Waiter" which Xue admired. The film was produced not in Shanghai, by the Tianyi studio, headed by the eldest of the Shaw Brothers, Shao Zuiweng (RunJe Shaw), and was so successful in the Cantonese-speaking parts of China that Shaw moved the Tianyi company to British-administered, Cantonese-speaking Hong Kong to make more Cantonese films in the face of the right-wing Chinese Nationalist government's ban on Cantonese language in favor of Mandarin. A sequel to Baijin Long was made in 1937, and the film itself was remade in 1947.
Baijin Long
A Drama film made by the Tianyi Movie Company
Life
This is the third sequel of the original film
The Country Bumpkin Tours the City (Part 3)
The first Cantonese talkie. It was produced in Shanghai (Tianyi Studio) and was based on a Cantonese opera play. DUPLICATE RECORD: See BAIJIN LONG
Baijin long
This is the second part with Runje Shaw directing.
The Country Bumpkin Tours the City (Part 2)
Originally scheduled to release on February 4, 1935; a lawsuit resulted in its delayed release in 1937.