Anxious to Return

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Anxious to Return
Directed byJun Li
Written byKeyi Li
StarringSiqin Gaowa
Erkang Zhao
Chen Peisi
CinematographyZhenzhong Chen
Guangyuan Yang
Edited byLuchu Xu
Xin Zou
Music byMingzhe Zhen
Running time
110 min.
CountryChina
LanguageMandarin

Anxious to Return[1] (also known as Eagerly Homebound[2]) is a 1981 Chinese film directed by Jun Li and starring Siqin Gaowa, Chen Peisi, and Erkang Zhao.[3] The movie is best known for the first appearance of actress Siqin Gaowa.

Plot[]

The film is set in the 1930s, during the Sino-Japanese War, and tells about a widow and peasant woman, Yu Zhen, who finds and saves a wounded soldier, and falls in love with him. The soldier is "trying to grapple with his conflicting emotions."[4][5][6]

Siqin Gaowa won the Ministry of Culture's Youth Creativity Award in 1979 for her portrayal in this movie.[2]

Cast[]

  • Siqin Gaowa as Yuzhen
  • Erkang Zhao as Wei Desheng
  • Ma Zhigang as Uncle Qi
  • Lu Yong as Dong Laoli
  • Xu Yao as Chuan Zhu
  • Han Zaisheng as Sun Haishan
  • Zhao Baojun as a Veteran
  • Li Fengqiu as Xiao Xuzi
  • Chen Peisi as Police captain
  • Zhao Shoukai
  • Liu Zhao

References[]

  1. ^ US-China Peoples Friendship Association (1982). US-China Review Volume 6. US-China Peoples Friendship Association. p. 20. ISBN 978-1-782-38245-4.
  2. ^ a b Sue Wiles, Clara Wing-chung Ho (1992). Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Women Volume 2. M.E. Sharpe. p. 465.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
  3. ^ "Anxious to Return (1983)". IMDb. Retrieved 2021-04-07.
  4. ^ China Review. China Review Publications Limited. 1989. p. 66.
  5. ^ Song, Yuwu (2013). Biographical Dictionary of the People's Republic of China. McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. p. 274. ISBN 9780786435821.
  6. ^ Chinese Literature. Foreign Languages Press. 1983. p. 123.

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