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.
Cast Gua Ah-leh as Lu Yi-ping Wang Yin as Lu Chen-hua as Hsueh-chin Wu Chia-chi as Ho Shu-huan Yi Li as Lu Ru-ping Chen Ying as Lu Meng-ping Chang Wen-hua as Lu Ehr-chieh Wei Shao-ming as Lu Ehr-hao Chou Mei-li as Fang Yu Ming Ko as Lu Yi-ping's mother Lin Wei-cheng as Ho Shu-huan's mother Chou Hsun as Ah-lan Lin Pin as Wei Shao-hsiung
Awards and nominations 1966 4th Golden Horse Awards Won—Best Leading Actress (Gua Ah-leh) Won—Best Supporting Actress (Lu Pi-yun) Gua at that time was the youngest Best Leading Actress winner in Golden Horse Awards history.
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