In January 1957, while Chang Shan-kun was in Japan filming Song of the Flute on the Silver Sea, he tragically died of a heart attack. Tung then took over the studio and continued to make films.
民國四十六年元月，張善琨在日本東京攝製《銀海笙歌》時，不幸心臟病發去世，童月娟便接掌新華公司，繼續製片工作。