A Poet from the Sea is a 1927 Chinese silent film written and directed by Hou Yao, starring himself as a quixotic poet who tried to escape from the constraints of modernity. Filmed in Stanley, Hong Kong, it contains one of the earliest footages of Hong Kong. Like most Chinese silent films, it features both Chinese and English intertitles.
A fragment of the film was recovered in Europe and is currently stored in Italy's Cineteca di Bologna.
Cast Hou Yao as Meng Ih Bing, a poet Lee Dan Dan as Liu Tsan Ying, a girl woodcutter S.D. Dju as Liu Yung, Liu Tsan Ying's younger brother Xing Banmei as Ms. Yang, Liu Tsan Ying's mother Lim Cho Cho as Yin Meizhen, Meng Ih Bing's cousin Mi Tsong as Ting Bung, Meng's neighbor and a farmer Sing Yee as Chang Tien Pao, a local bully S.M. Ying as Tsian Er, Chang Tien Pao's subordinate Huang Guanqun as Yang Yi, fisherman Ge Cihong as Shi Shaoqiu, a general's son Ou Xizhang as Guo Yongnian, a wealthy playboy Zhang Qilong as Wen Yuyuan, a journalist Xin Xin as Jin Dayou, a banker
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