Rickshaw Boy (1982)

Original title

骆驼祥子

Directed by

Ling Zifeng

Genre

drama film

Country

People's Republic of China

Runtime

2h 03m

Rating

8.2 of 10 from 16 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A poor rickshaw puller in 1920s Beijing struggles to save enough money to buy his own rickshaw. His life gets entangled with a young woman from the countryside who works for a cruel family.

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What happens

Rickshaw Boy (Chinese: 骆驼祥子) is a 1982 Chinese movie directed by Ling Zifeng, based upon the novel of the same name by Lao She. The film stars Siqin Gaowa, who won a Golden Rooster for her performance, and Zhang Fengyi. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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