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''The Day the Sun Turned Cold'' () is a 1994 Hong Kong
drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...
directed by
Yim Ho Yim Ho (Chinese:嚴浩) is a Hong Kong director most active in the 1980s, and a leader of the Hong Kong New Wave. He began his career making television programs for RTHK, then became a film director in 1980. One of his most critically acclaimed w ...
. The film was selected as the Hong Kong entry for the
Best Foreign Language Film This is a list of categories of awards commonly awarded through organizations that bestow film awards, including those presented by various film, festivals, and people's awards. Best Actor/Best Actress *See Best Actor#Film awards, Best Actress#F ...
at the
67th Academy Awards The 67th Academy Awards ceremony, organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) took place on March 27, 1995, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles beginning at 6:00 p.m. PST / 9:00 p.m. EST. During the cer ...
, but was not accepted as a nominee.Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences The $HK5 million budget for the film was raised by Yim Ho. It was shot in northeastern China. The film won the Tokyo Grand Prix and Yim Ho won the Best Director award at the
Tokyo International Film Festival The is a film festival established in 1985. The event was held biennially from 1985 to 1991 and annually thereafter. Along with the Shanghai International Film Festival, it is one of Asia's competitive film festivals, and is considered to be the ...
.


Cast

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Siqin Gaowa Siqin Gaowa (, Mongolian Cyrillic ''Цэцэнгуа'', born 19 January 1950), born Duan Anlin, is a Chinese-born Swiss actress. She was born in Guangzhou to a Han Chinese father and a Mongol Chinese mother. Her father died when she was 4, she was ...
as Mother *
Tou Chung-hua Tuo Tsung-hua (; born 10 October 1962) is a Taiwanese actor. He won the 2005 Golden Bell Award for Best Actor. Selected filmography *''Osmanthus Alley'' (1987) *'' A Home Too Far'' (1990) *'' Zodiac Killers'' (1991) *'' 18'' (1993) *''The Day th ...
as Guan Jian * Ma Jingwu as Father *
Wei Zi Wei Zi (; born January 1956) is a Chinese film and television actor. Early life Born and raised in Ningxia, he was originally named Wang Wei (). Education He graduated from the Ningxia College of Art in 1978 and was assigned to the Ningxia Repe ...
as Lover * Zhong Shu as Young Son * Hu Li as Captain


See also

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List of submissions to the 67th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film This is a list of submissions to the 67th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film. The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film was created in 1956 by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to honour non-English-speaking films ...
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List of Hong Kong submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pea ...


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* 1994 films 1994 drama films Hong Kong drama films 1990s Mandarin-language films Films directed by Yim Ho 1990s Hong Kong films {{1990s-drama-film-stub