The Rain of Sorrow (1964)

Original title

煙雨濛濛

Directed by

Wang Yin

Genre

romance film

Country

Taiwan

Runtime

1h 48m

Rating

10.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young woman falls into a passionate but troubled relationship. The film follows her emotional struggles as she deals with love and heartbreak.

melancholicromanticpoignantbittersweetemotionally intenseslow-burnvisually lushvintage

What happens

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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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