Anxious to Return
| Anxious to Return | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Jun Li |
| Written by | Keyi Li |
| Starring | Siqin Gaowa Erkang Zhao Chen Peisi |
| Cinematography | Zhenzhong Chen Guangyuan Yang |
| Edited by | Luchu Xu Xin Zou |
| Music by | Mingzhe Zhen |
Running time | 110 min. |
| Country | China |
| Language | Mandarin |
Anxious to Return[1] (also known as Eagerly Homebound[2]) is a 1979 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[edit]
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[edit]
- 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[edit]
- ^ US-China Review Volume 6. US-China Peoples Friendship Association. 1982. p. 20. ISBN 978-1-782-38245-4.
- ^ a b Sue Wiles; Clara Wing-chung Ho (1992). Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Women Volume 2. M.E. Sharpe. p. 465. ISBN 978-1-315-49924-6.
- ^ "Anxious to Return (1983)". IMDb. Retrieved 2021-04-07.[unreliable source?]
- ^ China Review. China Review Publications Limited. 1989. p. 66.
- ^ Song, Yuwu (2013). Biographical Dictionary of the People's Republic of China. McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. p. 274. ISBN 978-0-7864-3582-1.
- ^ Chinese Literature. Foreign Languages Press. 1983. p. 123.
