Acting

Lâm Tới

Born January 15, 1937 · Cao Lãnh, Đồng Tháp province, French Indochina [now Vietnam]

Died November 27, 2000 · aged 63

People's Artist Lâm Tới (1937 - 2000) was a famous Vietnamese actor, also known for his work as a director. His birth name is Lâm Thanh Tòng, born January 15, 1937 in My Hoi village, Cao Lanh district, Sa Dec province (now Dong Thap province). He had a difficult childhood, working as a keeper of rented buffaloes at the age of 7. Between 1949 and 1957, he studied and worked different positions for…

Known For

Wild Field

Wild Field · 1979

In Dong Thap Muoi during the days of the Vietnam War, Ba Do, Sau Xoa and their little child live in a small shack in the middle of an abandoned wetland zone. They are entrusted with the mission of maintaining Viet Minh's lines of communication in the area. Daily life goes on as the small family looks out for death from above.

17th Parallel, Nights and Days

17th Parallel, Nights and Days · 1973

17th Parallel, Nights and Days

Following the 1954 Geneva Accords that partitioned Vietnam into two zones at the 17th parallel, a pregnant Dịu remains back in the South with her family while her husband has to move up North. At home, the young woman has to juggle between the duties of a liberation fighter and a mother while enduring her enemies' tortures and imprisonment, as she assumes the leadership of an underground liberation movement after its previous secretary was assassinated

For Tomorrow

For Tomorrow · 1981

Swept Away

Swept Away · 1983

MovieThrillerCrime

Kiều Trinh, a French-Vietnamese journalist, returns to Vietnam with her husband and daughter to visit his relatives in a seaside town. Here, she meets her husband's uncle, an idiosyncratic neurosurgeon. As the days go by, Kiều Trinh discovers the new mysterious in-law is fascinated with her, and has ulterior plans for her family.

Miss Nhung

Miss Nhung · 1970

The film is anchored by a wartime re-encounter between a servant child and a tutor, transformed in the crucible of the spring 1968 Saigon offensive.

Whirlwind Season

Whirlwind Season · 1978

Whirlwind Season

Nguyễn Hồng Sến's debut feature, based on the novel of the same name by Nguyễn Quang Sáng. Members of the Viet Cong attempt to defend their fellow citizens from being forcefully relocated from their village by a South Vietnamese army officer while at the same time continue with their efforts to win the war in Vietnam.

Nguyen Van Troi

Nguyen Van Troi · 1966

Nguyen Van Troi

The film follows the life of Nguyễn Văn Trỗi from shortly before he was caught for his attempted assassination of McNamara to his eventual execution, leaving behind his newlywed and others around the couple.

Pale Farewell

Pale Farewell · 1995

A hard up historian lives happily with his newly-wed wife and her child from her previous husband. But as he becomes more successful and financially stable, the family relationships begin to fracture.

Filmography

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Wild Field

Wild Field · 1979

In Dong Thap Muoi during the days of the Vietnam War, Ba Do, Sau Xoa and their little child live in a small shack in the middle of an abandoned wetland zone. They are entrusted with the mission of maintaining Viet Minh's lines of communication in the area. Daily life goes on as the small family looks out for death from above.

Ba Đô

17th Parallel, Nights and Days

17th Parallel, Nights and Days · 1973

17th Parallel, Nights and Days

Following the 1954 Geneva Accords that partitioned Vietnam into two zones at the 17th parallel, a pregnant Dịu remains back in the South with her family while her husband has to move up North. At home, the young woman has to juggle between the duties of a liberation fighter and a mother while enduring her enemies' tortures and imprisonment, as she assumes the leadership of an underground liberation movement after its previous secretary was assassinated

Trần Sùng

For Tomorrow

For Tomorrow · 1981

Thiếu tá Cần

Swept Away

Swept Away · 1983

MovieThrillerCrime

Kiều Trinh, a French-Vietnamese journalist, returns to Vietnam with her husband and daughter to visit his relatives in a seaside town. Here, she meets her husband's uncle, an idiosyncratic neurosurgeon. As the days go by, Kiều Trinh discovers the new mysterious in-law is fascinated with her, and has ulterior plans for her family.

Bác sĩ Hợp

Miss Nhung

Miss Nhung · 1970

The film is anchored by a wartime re-encounter between a servant child and a tutor, transformed in the crucible of the spring 1968 Saigon offensive.

Cảnh sát trưởng ngụy

Whirlwind Season

Whirlwind Season · 1978

Whirlwind Season

Nguyễn Hồng Sến's debut feature, based on the novel of the same name by Nguyễn Quang Sáng. Members of the Viet Cong attempt to defend their fellow citizens from being forcefully relocated from their village by a South Vietnamese army officer while at the same time continue with their efforts to win the war in Vietnam.

Tám Quyện

Nguyen Van Troi

Nguyen Van Troi · 1966

Nguyen Van Troi

The film follows the life of Nguyễn Văn Trỗi from shortly before he was caught for his attempted assassination of McNamara to his eventual execution, leaving behind his newlywed and others around the couple.

Police captain

Pale Farewell

Pale Farewell · 1995

A hard up historian lives happily with his newly-wed wife and her child from her previous husband. But as he becomes more successful and financially stable, the family relationships begin to fracture.

Ông cậu

Two Soldiers

Two Soldiers · 1962

Kinh, Vietnamese soldier

Smoke

A short film by Tran Vu

Hựu

At the 17th Parallel

At the 17th Parallel · 1965

At the 17th Parallel

Two North Vietnamese soldiers are assigned to guard the entry gate at the 17th parallel demilitarised zone, and quickly acquaint themselves with the other side’s chief guard.

Chief Guard

The Fight Still Goes On

The Fight Still Goes On · 1966

The Fight Still Goes On

Sáng

Until Next Time, Saigon !

Until Next Time, Saigon ! · 1990

Until Next Time, Saigon !

MovieDramaHistory

In early 1920s, while studying at the Huế royal citadel, young scholar Nguyễn Tất Thành bears witness to the brutal suppression of Cần Vương insurgents by the Colonial French settlers and the complicity of his royal gentries. He plans himself for a transformative journey that will forge him to be one of the most distinguished revolutionaries - Hồ Chí Minh.

Tư Đờn

Remarriage

Remarriage · 1963

MovieDramaRomance

The story in the film is about the love between a man and a woman from the same village, Hoan and Can, who have two children together. But this love affair encountered many difficulties and pressure from family and social customs, forcing Can to leave his hometown and go to the mountains. As for Hoan, she was also prevented by her husband's family because they were afraid of having to redistribute their land. The film shows viewers the relationships and behaviors of Northern farmers in the context of the 1960s.

Lac

Road Back To The Motherland

Road Back To The Motherland · 1971

Road Back To The Motherland

The sacrifice of a mother to protect the soldiers of Liberation Army of South Vietnam during the war against US imperialism

Núi

Rising Storm

Rising Storm · 1966

Phương and his sister Vân reunite after years of separation in the war, but their clashing political affiliations soon set them apart.

Corporal Tich

Lời Thề

Lời Thề · 1996

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