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Hải Ninh

Born December 31, 1931 · Hoằng Hóa District, French Indochina [now Thanh Hóa Province, Vietnam]

Died February 5, 2013 · aged 81

People's Artist Hải Ninh (b. Nguyễn Hải Ninh, Thanh Hóa province, December 31, 1931 - February 5, 2013) was a Vietnamese director. He was the Director of the Vietnam Feature Film Studio from 1984 to 1994. Starting his career since 1956, he belongs to the first class of the Vietnam Film School and is one of the pioneers who laid the bricks for Vietnamese cinema. After working as an assistant direc…

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When Grandmother Is Away

When Grandmother Is Away · 1985

When Grandmother Is Away

With his parents busied by the toils of daily life during the subsidy days, little Minh's grandmother is closest to him in the family. Until one day...

The Little Girl of Hanoi

The Little Girl of Hanoi · 1974

The Little Girl of Hanoi

A young girl searches for her father, a soldier in the PAVN, after her mother and sister are killed during Christmas Bombings.

In Chase of the Windy Devil Gang

In Chase of the Windy Devil Gang · 1993

In Chase of the Windy Devil Gang

MovieCrimeThriller

A young policeman is determined to trace down the elusive Windy Devil Gang that has been wrecking terror and fear across the city. As the chase seems to know no bounds, the possibilities of discovery dissolve into infinity.

First Love

First Love · 1977

MovieRomanceDrama

Student Ba Duy sinks deep into heartbreak and a nihilistic street life when his sweetheart, Diem Huong, suddenly leaves him to marry an American diplomat.

River Of Laughter

River Of Laughter · 1994

River Of Laughter

Tu's troupe visits a countryside hoping to earn some money back after a big contract collapses. Anh Tu is a funny person, so he is loved and enthusiastically helped by the children here. By chance, he meets Ngoc Linh – a childhood friend who is now a teacher. In the village, a rich wood merchant has been keeping an eye on her for a long time and intends to play a trick to steal her. Will Ngoc Linh escape his evil scheme and the children in the poor countryside have the pleasure of learning drama?

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

The Legend of the Mother

The Legend of the Mother · 1987

The Legend of the Mother

At a maternity ward in South Vietnam, a midwife adopts three orphaned children after their mothers, undercover Communist spies, go missing or die in action.

The City at Sunrise

The City at Sunrise · 1975

The City at Sunrise

MovieDocumentary

A documentary look into life in Saigon, very soon after April 30, 1975.

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When Grandmother Is Away

When Grandmother Is Away · 1985

When Grandmother Is Away

With his parents busied by the toils of daily life during the subsidy days, little Minh's grandmother is closest to him in the family. Until one day...

Script Editor

The Little Girl of Hanoi

The Little Girl of Hanoi · 1974

The Little Girl of Hanoi

A young girl searches for her father, a soldier in the PAVN, after her mother and sister are killed during Christmas Bombings.

Director

In Chase of the Windy Devil Gang

In Chase of the Windy Devil Gang · 1993

In Chase of the Windy Devil Gang

MovieCrimeThriller

A young policeman is determined to trace down the elusive Windy Devil Gang that has been wrecking terror and fear across the city. As the chase seems to know no bounds, the possibilities of discovery dissolve into infinity.

Editor

First Love

First Love · 1977

MovieRomanceDrama

Student Ba Duy sinks deep into heartbreak and a nihilistic street life when his sweetheart, Diem Huong, suddenly leaves him to marry an American diplomat.

Writer

River Of Laughter

River Of Laughter · 1994

River Of Laughter

Tu's troupe visits a countryside hoping to earn some money back after a big contract collapses. Anh Tu is a funny person, so he is loved and enthusiastically helped by the children here. By chance, he meets Ngoc Linh – a childhood friend who is now a teacher. In the village, a rich wood merchant has been keeping an eye on her for a long time and intends to play a trick to steal her. Will Ngoc Linh escape his evil scheme and the children in the poor countryside have the pleasure of learning drama?

Editor

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

Director

The Legend of the Mother

The Legend of the Mother · 1987

The Legend of the Mother

At a maternity ward in South Vietnam, a midwife adopts three orphaned children after their mothers, undercover Communist spies, go missing or die in action.

Editor

The City at Sunrise

The City at Sunrise · 1975

The City at Sunrise

MovieDocumentary

A documentary look into life in Saigon, very soon after April 30, 1975.

Director

Saigon Rangers: Return You Your Name

Saigon Rangers: Return You Your Name · 1986

Saigon Rangers: Return You Your Name

MovieWarTV Movie

The year 1968 approaches. Bubbling underneath festive spirits are quiet anticipations of a major escalation of conflict, alongside exciting dreams of a brighter future...that seems so close and yet somehow far away. Tư Chung, tasked with overseeing the joint offensive on supreme headquarters in Saigon at the first moment of the lunar year, prepares himself for the most beautiful and painful of hopes. The final part of a series based on a real-life organization involved in intelligence activities in South Vietnam before 1975.

Script Editor

Night of Long Tri

Night of Long Tri · 1989

Night of Long Tri

MovieDramaHistory

A thrilling and haunting account of historical events in the Trịnh clan in the late 18th century with the central conflict between lord Trịnh Sâm who was feeble and indecisive, and a cunning and manipulative concubine named Đặng Thị Huệ. Based on the novel of the same name by Nguyễn Huy Tưởng.

Director

Saigon Rangers: Thunderstorm

Saigon Rangers: Thunderstorm · 1986

Saigon Rangers: Thunderstorm

MovieWarTV Movie

After the dangerous offensive launched on the embassy office in Saigon, Tư Chung and his comrades have to find ways to adapt to rising suspicions from the CIA advisors, as well as dealing with violent repercussions involving someone very dear to him. The third part of a series based on a real-life organization involved in intelligence activities in South Vietnam before 1975.

Creative Consultant

An Early Autumn Day

An Early Autumn Day · 1962

An Early Autumn Day

Duong and Tho are two military intelligence officers tasked with investigating enemy positions. They arrive in a rural area and meet Kien, a guerrilla fighter. Kien's wife, who deeply loves her husband, fears that if he continues his activities, he will be targeted by terrorists, leading to the destruction of their family's happiness. For this reason, she tries to stop her husband and clashes with Tho.

Writer

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.

Director

Saigon Rangers: Silence

Saigon Rangers: Silence · 1986

Saigon Rangers: Silence

MovieWarTV Movie

To keep up with his public guise, Tư Chung considers marriage with his "girlfriend" and tries to flatter some trust out of the CIA advisors who've been eyeing the pair, all the while following new orders to plan and launch an important offensive. The second part of a series based on a real-life organization involved in intelligence activities in South Vietnam before 1975.

Creative Consultant

To Catch A Thief 3: Solitary

To Catch A Thief 3: Solitary · 1988

To Catch A Thief 3: Solitary

MovieActionCrime

Editor

To Catch a Thief 1: I Am Not Born For Imprisonment

To Catch a Thief 1: I Am Not Born For Imprisonment · 1988

To Catch a Thief 1: I Am Not Born For Imprisonment

Editor

The Forests of Miss Thắm

The Forests of Miss Thắm · 1967

The Forests of Miss Thắm

A woman volunteers to help the Revolutionaries' trucks hide from bombing raids in Truong Son forests.

Director

Return Day

Return Day · 1986

MovieDramaThriller

Editor

Punishment

Punishment · 1984

Follows a South Vietnamese soldier during the fall of Saigon in 1975.

Screenplay

Trapped

Trapped · 1990

Editor

Sand Cactus

Sand Cactus · 1985

While awaiting the return of her husband from the war, a woman is brutally raped and becomes pregnant. Inconsolable, she grows increasingly tormented.

Editor

The Young Soldier

The Young Soldier · 1964

The Young Soldier

The main character in the film is a real person in history - the hero of the Vietnamese people's army, Cu Chinh Lan, set in the middle of the resistance war against the French (circa 1951) on the battlefield in North Vietnam.

Director

Saigon Rangers: The Meeting Place

Saigon Rangers: The Meeting Place · 1986

Saigon Rangers: The Meeting Place

MovieWarTV Movie

Posing as a privileged man working for his wealthy industrialist uncle, Commander of the Saigon Rangers Tư Chung prepares with his comrades for a secret meeting with a coming Vietcong officer, alias "K9". The first part of a series based on a real-life organization involved in intelligence activities in South Vietnam before 1975.

Creative Consultant

Ephemeral Fate

Ephemeral Fate · 1990

MovieDramaHistory

The battle for political power in the Trịnh clan continues after the death of Lord Trịnh Sâm in this sequel of "Night of Long Tri." The rivals are two famous concubines of Trịnh Sâm: Dương Thị Ngọc Hoan and Đặng Thị Huệ.

Director