Traditional 煙雨濛濛 Mandarin Yān Yǔ Méngméng Produced by Chu Chin-ching Running time 1h 50m Cast Gua Aleh | Simplified 烟雨濛濛 Directed by Wang Yin Screenplay by Chou Hsu-chiang Adapted from Fire and Rain | |
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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.
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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.
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Awards and nominations
1966 4th Golden Horse Awards
Gua at that time was the youngest Best Leading Actress winner in Golden Horse Awards history.