Dir: Wu Pang
Scr: Chun Kim
Prod Co: Huohe
Cast: Kwan Tak-hing, Pak Yin, Siu Yin Fei, Wong Cho-shan, Yao Ping
1948 | B&W | DCP | Cantonese | 102min

Due to Hong Kong's geographical location and the prevalence of realism in post-war films, the film industry saw a minor surge of fishing village films at the time. Before making the iconic Wong Fei-hung martial art film series, director Wu Pang made this wartime drama inspired by a left-wing canon film Song of the Fisherman (1934). The film stars Kwan Tak-hing as a fisherman who decides to fight back after being besieged by both fishery bullies and Japanese invaders. Finding a delicate balance between preaching ideology and crafting vivid characters, Wu delineated his characters as human who find strength in adversity rather than just propagandised roles. The film offers a rare early look at life on Cheung Chau and features martial art scenes seldom seen in left-wing cinema.