The Rain of Sorrow (1965)
October 29, 1965Release Date
The Rain of Sorrow (1965)
October 29, 1965Release Date
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.
Gua Ah-leh
Lu Yiping
Yin Wang
Actor
Chou Hsu-Chiang
Screenplay
Lu Biyun
Actress
Wu Chia-Chi
Actor
Wu Chee Yun
Director of Photography
Li Ping-Qian
Director
Chiung Yao
Writer
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Wiki.
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.
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.