山歌戀 (The Shepherd Girl)｜歐陽莎菲｜國語中字｜8號電影

【國語中字】山歌戀 (The Shepherd Girl)｜關山(Shan Kwan)、葉楓(Julie Yeh)、歐陽莎菲(Ouyang Sha-fei)、朱牧(Chu Mu)、蔣光超(Chiang Kuang-Chao)：鄉村姑娘古秀秀，在山坡下結廬而居，終年替小鎮上酒店老板魏癩子牧羊，與乃父相依為命。乃父古老頭，彈棉花為業，性嗜賭，逢賭輙輸。青年劉大龍，自置帆船，來往縣城小鎮之間，運貨載客。船泊小鎮，常聞秀秀牧羊時高唱山歌。大龍聞歌而與之對唱，已非一日，然始終未見秀秀其人。某日，大龍受商人姚德寶僱請，從縣城回小鎮載運獸皮，並在姚家小住。獵戶曾老虎，長年向姚家供售獸皮，是回，曾老虎路過山坡，睹秀秀美麗如花，私心愛慕，戇直獻殷勤，秀秀不理，驅羊而去。秀秀歸家，不見老父，知其又往酒店賭博，逕往小鎮尋之，這時古老頭賭本輸完，又向魏癩子借貸，聲明勿為秀秀知。秀秀抵，恰巧姚德寶與劉大龍在酒店喝茶，兩人初見秀秀，德寶意態輕狂，秀秀懲戒之，適古老頭自內出，秀秀強拉其父而去。新月如鈎，夜涼如水，秀秀在家唱起山歌，遙聞歌聲對唱，循聲尋人，原來姚德寶有意求凰，得大龍幫助，匿於樹後共唱雙簧。秀秀發覺，揭穿其秘密，德寶尷尬不堪。德寶一心求親，托大龍到古家，以訂製棉絮為詞，打探秀秀心意。秀秀對大龍早有好感，眉言目語，古老頭知其情有所鍾，老懷歡慰。秀秀唱出山歌，知大龍身世，心有所屬，暗訂相會之期。翌日，大龍到酒店喝茶，見魏癩子當眾羞辱寡婦朱嫂，怒懲魏癩子，替朱嫂解恨。原來朱嫂先夫，乃大龍友好，其夫去世後，遺下孤兒寡婦，得大龍仗義照應，朱嫂自力更生，不忍負累於人，遷居小鎮，不期與大龍相遇。大龍隨其歸家相敘，予錢資助，朱嫂感激涕零。乞巧之夕，大龍依約往鳳凰山踐秀秀約。山上，少女雲集，唱出山歌，等候情郎。秀秀女伴小翠知她鍾情大龍，出言相戲，秀秀坦然，大龍抵，巧遇德寶，德寶始知大龍與秀秀相悅，敗興而歸。大龍與秀秀，相偕至山林廟前，共唱山歌，各表愛意，海誓山盟。曾老虎欲娶秀秀，付錢與魏癩子為媒。魏癩子以追債要脅古老頭許婚，未如所願，乃出奸謀，謠言大龍與朱嫂有私情。秀秀不察，逕找朱嫂，果見她與大龍補衣裳，誤會益深，乃與大龍絕愛。大龍卒失所愛，茶飯無心，一日，秀秀在山坡牧羊，遙聞大龍歌聲，知他從縣城運貨歸來。秀秀懊惱，飛奔回家，恰見魏癩子與曾老虎向古老頭提親。秀秀靈機一觸，假與曾老虎親熱，挈之出門而去，直奔酒店中。魏癩子與古老頭大出意外，急追之。大龍把船泊岸，遙見秀秀與曾老虎同行，怒追之，至酒店，欲毆曾老虎，秀秀出言氣之，大龍悲憤離去。事為朱嫂所見，知道兩人誤會，實由己起，于是找著秀秀，說出前因後果，指天盟誓，表示清白，秀秀始知大龍俠義為懷，懊悔莫及，與大龍言歸于好。曾老虎急於成親，魏癩子以債務強迫古老頭作主，遣秀秀嫁，大龍知情，冒險運貨入城，冀以報酬替古老頭還債。蓋當時海盜橫行，風聲甚緊，為情為愛，大龍奮不顧身。大龍去後，秀秀愛心如焚，一日望見大龍帆船靠岸，喜極直奔上來，原來蓬穿船爛，彈痕纍纍，血跡未乾，不見大龍蹤跡，秀秀驚駭幾絕，痛哭暈倒。魏癩子見大龍已死，更為兇惡，古老頭無錢還債，秀秀無奈允婚，出嫁之日，秀秀滿臉愁容，上轎而去，這時，大龍突然出現，獨駕小舟歸來，原來他在海上遇匪，負傷落水逃生，驚聞秀秀出嫁，狂追不捨，途中，截住花轎，曾老虎大怒，聲言兩下比武，誰勝則秀秀屬誰。當下各不相饒，奮身以赴，大龍終敗曾老虎，贏得秀秀歸，有情人終成眷屬。

Hsiu Hsiu is the beauty of the mountains.  A shepherdess, she likes to sing.  She loves and is loved by her father whose only weakness is gambling. For a long while, her songs have been answered by boatman Liu Ta-lung.  The boy and the girl have never met but they have come to know each other’s songs.  Ta-lung comes to her town one day as the guest of merchant Yao Teh-pao. Tiger Tseng is a hunter.  He meets Hsiu Hsiu one day.  In his primitive way, he goes forward to express his sentiments.  But Hsiu Hsiu rejects him. Hsiu Hsiu goes to the town’s wine shop to search for father.  Old man Ku, the father, as usual loses everything and is taking a loan from the shrewd shopowner.  Hsiu Hsiu comes into the shop and is met by Yao Teh-pao and Ta-lung.  Yao makes advances, resulting in resounding slaps on his cheeks.  Hsiu Hsiu dashes into the inner games room and drags her father off. In his attempt to get Hsiu Hsiu, Teh-pao asks Ta-lung to sing for him.  Hsiu Hsiu discovers his secret and Yao Teh-pao is again rebuffed. Yao then asks Ta-lung to go to the Ku house on some pretext.  Hsiu Hsiu and Ta-lung thus meet and they fall in love.  They sing and they are happy together. Ta-lung sees the shopowner mistreating Widow Chu, wife of his old friend.  He punishes the shopowner and gives the woman money. Festival time and the young men and young girls gather at Phoenix Hill to exchange love songs.  Ta-lung and Hsiu Hsiu go to a temple where they express mutual love.  Yao Teh-pao is greatly disturbed. Tiger Tseng asks the shopowner’s help to get Hsiu Hsiu as wife.  The owner then spreads rumors that an affair is going on between Ta-lung and Widow Chu. Hsiu Hsiu believes in the rumors and she tells Ta-lung she will never see him again.  On the rebounce, she pretends to be friendly with Tiger Tseng, to slight Ta-lung. Widow Chu knows about the misunderstanding.  She goes to Hsiu Hsiu and explains everything.  Hsiu Hsiu is moved and love resumes between Ta-lung and her. Tiger Tseng, on the strength of the money he loans to Old Man Ku, forces the father to grant him the hand of the daughter.  Ta-lung wants to earn enough money to pay off the Ku debt.  He promises to ship goods for Yao Teh-pao although pirates are rampant on the seas. His bullet-riddled boat comes home adrift.  Hsiu Hsiu almost dies of grief.  In the meantime, Tiger Tseng has completed all preparations for the marriage. On the wedding day, Ta-lung comes home.  He has been wounded but escapes.  He overtakes the wedding procession and challenges Tiger Tseng to a duel.  They agree that the winner will marry Hsiu Hsiu. With the bride cheering for him, Ta-lung gathers enough courage and strength to defeat Tiger Tseng.  The Tiger is a sportsman.  He keeps his word and yields the wedding procession and bride to a bandaged but happy Liu Ta-lung.