KwanTeo Film Archive · Work
Overseas Chinese
海外寻夫Adapted from the stage play that swept Southeast Asia after World War II. It depicts the bitter lives of overseas Chinese in Nanyang; the on-screen route of 'Shanghai-Hong Kong-Shantou-Nanyang' corresponds exactly to the old Chaoshan saying '一上二香三叻四暹五汕六棉' (Shanghai, Hong Kong, Singapore, Siam, Shantou, and beyond). The film's scenes and props are steeped in Chaoshan folk flavor: people in wooden clogs, coolies in water cloths, markets selling guotiao soup, gifts of Guiyu mooncakes, tea leaves carried abroad, tin tea sets, bosses called 'tauke', and sea voyages blessed by the Goddess of the Sea. The soundtrack features the guofan (emigrant) songs and the lullaby 'Moonlight'.
About the Work
Adapted from the stage play that swept Southeast Asia after World War II. It depicts the bitter lives of overseas Chinese in Nanyang; the on-screen route of 'Shanghai-Hong Kong-Shantou-Nanyang' corresponds exactly to the old Chaoshan saying '一上二香三叻四暹五汕六棉' (Shanghai, Hong Kong, Singapore, Siam, Shantou, and beyond). The film's scenes and props are steeped in Chaoshan folk flavor: people in wooden clogs, coolies in water cloths, markets selling guotiao soup, gifts of Guiyu mooncakes, tea leaves carried abroad, tin tea sets, bosses called 'tauke', and sea voyages blessed by the Goddess of the Sea. The soundtrack features the guofan (emigrant) songs and the lullaby 'Moonlight'.
改编自二战后风靡南洋的同名舞台剧。讲述华侨在南洋的辛酸生活，银幕内外的"上海-香港-汕头-南洋"线路，恰好对应旧时潮汕地区一句俗语"一上二香三叻四暹五汕六棉"。 影片场景、道具充满潮汕民间情调：民众穿木屐，苦力用水布，出门带市蓝，店铺卖粿条汤，送礼是贵屿朥饼，过番带茶米（茶叶），冲茶配锡器，老板称"头家"，出海拜天后圣母。配乐是过番歌与摇篮曲《月光光》。