A Poet from the Sea

TraditionalChinese海角詩人

SimplifiedChinese海角诗人

Hanyu PinyinHǎijiǎo Shīrén

JyutpingHoi²-gok³ Si¹-jan⁴

A Poet from the Sea
Traditional Chinese	海角詩人
Simplified Chinese	海角诗人
Hanyu Pinyin	Hǎijiǎo Shīrén
Jyutping	Hoi2-gok3 Si1-jan4
Directed by	Hou Yao
Written by	Hou Yao
Produced by	Y.S. Lee Lai Man-Wai
Starring	Hou Yao Lee Dan Dan Lim Cho Cho Mi Tsong
Cinematography	L.K. Liang
Production company	China Sun Motion Picture Company
Release date	14 March 1927 (1927-03-14)
Running time	~20 minutes (incomplete)
Country	Republic of China
Languages	Silent film, with Chinese and English intertitles

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.^[1] 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.^[2]