The Rain of Sorrow

The Rain of Sorrow
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese
Hanyu PinyinYān Yǔ Méngméng
Directed byWang Yin
Screenplay byChou Hsu-chiang
Based onFire and Rain
by Chiung Yao
Produced byChu Chin-ching
Starring
CinematographyHu Chi-yuan
Edited by
  • Wang Chao-hsi
  • Liang Yung-tsan
Music byLiu Hung-yuan
Production
company
Tien Nan Motion Picture Company
Release date
  • October 29, 1965 (1965-10-29)
Running time
110 minutes
CountryTaiwan
LanguageMandarin

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.[1][2]

  1. ^ 【台灣演義】台灣影后 歸亞蕾 [Taiwan History - Rose Kuei] (YouTube) (in Chinese). Formosa Television. 2014-06-15.
  2. ^ Chang Meng-jui (張夢瑞) (February 2014). "歸亞蕾 演技入化境,豁達奪金馬" [Golden Horse Winner Gua Ah-leh: Superb Acting, Positive Attitude]. Good News Broadcasting (in Chinese).