The Rain of Sorrow

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The Rain of Sorrow
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese
Hanyu Pinyin Yān Yǔ Méngméng
Directed by Wang Yin
Screenplay byChou Hsu-chiang
Based on Fire and Rain
by Chiung Yao
Produced byChu Chin-ching
Starring
CinematographyHu Chi-yuan
Edited by
  • Wang Chao-hsi
  • Liang Yung-tsan
Music byLiu Hung-yuan
Production
company
Tien Nan Motion Picture Company
Release date
  • October 29, 1965 (1965-10-29)
Running time
110 minutes
CountryTaiwan
LanguageMandarin

The Rain of Sorrow is a 1965 Taiwanese film directed by Wang Yin, based on Chiung Yao's 1964 novel Fire and Rain . The film stars Wang Yin himself, as well as 21-year-old Gua Ah-leh in her acting debut.

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Wang Yin handpicked Gua Ah-leh, a recent graduate of National Taiwan Academy of Arts (now National Taiwan University of Arts), from over a thousand candidates for the lead role. The film's other investors wanted a "sexier" bankable actress, but Wang wouldn't budge. Eventually Wang had to finance the film all by himself after other investors quit the project, but his selection proved brilliant. Gua Ah-leh won Golden Horse Award for Best Leading Actress for this film, and would go on to become one of the greatest actresses in the cinema of Taiwan. [1] [2]

Cast

Awards and nominations

1966 4th Golden Horse Awards

Gua at that time was the youngest Best Leading Actress winner in Golden Horse Awards history.

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