''Rickshaw Boy'' (Chinese: 骆驼祥子) is a 1982 Chinese movie directed by

Ling Zifeng Ling Zifeng (Beijing, 10 March 1917 - 3 March 1999) was a Chinese film director. Ling was born in Beijing of a family from Hejiang, Luzhou Luzhou (; Sichuanese Pinyin: Nu2zou1; Luzhou dialect: ), formerly transliterated as Lu-chou or Luchow, ...

, based upon the novel of the same name by

Lao She Shu Qingchun (3 February 189924 August 1966), known by his pen name Lao She, was a Chinese novelist and dramatist. He was one of the most significant figures of 20th-century Chinese literature, and is best known for his novel '' Rickshaw Boy'' ...

. The film stars Siqin Gaowa, who won a Golden Rooster for her performance, and

Zhang Fengyi Zhang Fengyi (born 1 September 1956) is a Chinese actor best known for his role as "Duan Xiaolou" in '' Farewell My Concubine'' (1993), Jing Ke in '' The Emperor and the Assassin'' (1998), and Cao Cao in '' Red Cliff'' (2008–2009). Career Zh ...

Plot

Xiang Zi is a rickshaw boy who has always had a desire to excel and a thirst for freedom. He married Hu Niu who died of

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later. After her death, another girl, Xiao Fuzi, falls in love with Xiang Zi but they are separated by poverty. Xiang Zi works very hard in order to change his life, only to find that Xiao Fuzi is dead just as he begins to be hopeful for their future. Finally, Xiang Zi, an unflinching man, surrenders to that dark society.

Cast

* Siqin Gaowa as Hu Niu * Yan Bide as Liu Siye *

as Xiang Zi

Reception

Awards

* ''

Golden Rooster Award for Best Picture The Golden Rooster Award for Best Picture is an award given to the best film at the Golden Rooster Awards The Golden Rooster Awards () are film awards given in mainland China. The awards were originally given annually, beginning in 1981. The name ...

'' at the

3rd Golden Rooster Awards The 3rd Golden Rooster Award honoring the best in film of 1983, was given in Fuzhou, Fujian Province, May 27, 1983.新华社1984年5月18日：第三届中国电影金鸡奖和第六届''大众电影''百花奖授奖活动 Winners and nominees ...

(1982, won) * ''

Golden Rooster Award for Best Actress The Golden Rooster Award for Best Actress (中国电影金鸡奖最佳女主角) is the main category of Competition of Golden Rooster Awards, awarding actresses with outstanding performances in leading roles in cinema of China. Winners & nominees ...

'' at the 3rd Golden Rooster Awards (1982, won - tied with

Pan Hong Pan Hong (Chinese: 潘虹, born November 4, 1954) is a Chinese film actress. She is widely regarded as one of the best film stars of her generation. Early life Born Liu Ronghua (刘蓉华) on November 4, 1954, in Shanghai. During the Cultural ...

) * ''Golden Rooster Award for Best Art Director'' at the 3rd Golden Rooster Awards (1982, won) * ''Golden Rooster Award for Best Sound'' at the 3rd Golden Rooster Awards (1982, won) * ''Outstanding Film'' at the Huabiao Film Awards (1982, won) * ''Best Film'' at the

Hundred Flowers Awards The Hundred Flowers Awards () are, together with the Golden Rooster Awards, the most prestigious film awards honouring the best in Chinese cinema, as well as Hong Kong cinema and the Cinema of Taiwan, they are classified as the Chinese equiv ...

(1983, won - three way tie with ''At Middle Age'' and ''

The Herdsman ''The Herdsman'' () is a 1982 Chinese film about the life of a herdsman in western China from 1950s through the Cultural Revolution, and his reunion with his father from America. It was produced by the Shanghai Film Studio and directed by Xie Jin ...

'') * ''Best Actress'' at the Hundred Flowers Awards (1983, won)

References

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External links

* * 1980s Mandarin-language films 1982 films Films based on Chinese novels Chinese drama films {{China-film-stub