An Old Man And His Dog

''An Old Man and His Dog'' () is a 1993 Chinese drama film directed by Xie Jin which stars Tian Xie, Baocheng Gao, Jin Meng, Siqin Gaowa, and Feng Enhe.

Plot

Set in the Chinese Cultural Revolution period in Northwest China, Old Xing lives all on his own, with his big yellow dog day by day. One day, an endemic woman comes with a group of famine victims, Xing takes them in and gets a feeling of "family". After having some conversation, Xing knows that the woman comes from a plentiful village family and that she has her mother and child at home. The woman agrees to stay because of Xing's continuous persuasion. The woman then suddenly receives a family letter after days of living together and leaves when Xing goes out and Xing becomes lonely again. He stays with his big yellow dog and waits for the woman to come back.

Cast

* Tian Xie as Old Xing
* Siqin Gaowa as Kuang Yuqing
* Baocheng Gao as Old Wei
* Feng Enhe as Wei Tiangui
* Jin Meng as Ma Sanpo

Controversy

In March 1993, during filming, Xie Jin struggled with finding a dog suitable for ''An Old Man And His Dog'' so he unknowingly approved Cheng Peng, a serial killer, and one of his dogs. He allowed Cheng to stay on set and help his dog perform in some of the scenes, with the payoff that he was cast as the body double for the main actor, Tian Xie, being filmed in some of the scenes in which the protagonist rides on horseback.

Later when it was discovered that Cheng Peng was a serial killer, the film was banned for two decades after its release, but the ban was rescinded sometime during the 2010s.

References

External links

* {{imdb title, 0185415, An Old Man and His Dog

Chinese drama films
1993 films