Anxious to Return (also known as Eagerly Homebound) is a 1981 Chinese film directed by Jun Li and starring Siqin Gaowa, Chen Peisi, and Erkang Zhao. The movie is best known for the first appearance of actress Siqin Gaowa.

Plot

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."

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Siqin Gaowa won the Ministry of Culture's Youth Creativity Award in 1979 for her portrayal in this movie.

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Cast

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

External links

1981 films

1980s Mandarin-language films

1981 drama films

Chinese drama films

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