Anxious to Return[1] (also known as Eagerly Homebound[2]) is a 1981 Chinese film directed by Jun Li and starring Siqin Gaowa, Chen Peisi, and Erkang Zhao.[3] The movie is best known for the first appearance of actress Siqin Gaowa.
| Anxious to Return | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Jun Li |
| Written by | Keyi Li |
| Starring | Siqin Gaowa Erkang Zhao Chen Peisi |
| Cinematography | Zhenzhong Chen Guangyuan Yang |
| Edited by | Luchu Xu Xin Zou |
| Music by | Mingzhe Zhen |
Running time | 110 min. |
| Country | China |
| Language | Mandarin |
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."[4][5][6]
Siqin Gaowa won the Ministry of Culture's Youth Creativity Award in 1979 for her portrayal in this movie.[2]
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