Acting
Qi Mengshi
Born August 1, 1924 · Shanghai, China
Died November 1, 2002 · aged 78
No biography available.
Known For
Boat People · 1982Boat People
★ 7.61982
MovieDrama
A Japanese photojournalist revisits Vietnam after the liberation to document the nation, and begins following and documenting the young children from a poor Vietnamese family.
Transnational Plunder · 1995Transnational Plunder
1995
MovieDrama
The Herdsman · 1982The Herdsman
★ 7.61982
MovieDramaRomance
In 1980, Xu Jingshan, a wealthy Chinese-American businessman returns to China to find his son, Xu Lingjun, whom he had abandoned over 30 years earlier. Labeled a rightist because of his capitalist father, Lingjun has been forced to live as a humble herdsman on the grasslands. His bitter life has been transformed by a happy marriage to the wise and beautiful Xiuzhi, and more recently by his rehabilitation by the Party. When he goes to Beijing for their reunion, he discovers his father wants him to work for his chemical company in San Francisco. Lingjun tells the story of his life to his father, as he ponders his future.
Eight Thousand Li of Cloud and Moon · 1947Eight Thousand Li of Cloud and Moon
★ 6.31947
MovieDrama
A college girl and a musician go to the front of the anti-Japanese war and fall in love.
Under the Bridge · 1984Under the Bridge
★ 6.71984
MovieRomance
This simple romance story does not mean much to westerners, and in fact, does not even mean anything to Chinese today, but it was a big thing when it was made, not long after the end of Cultural Revolution in which even the personal romance was restricted. This movie is one of the pioneers of personal liberalization in advocating people seeking out their love following their own hearts, not from other people.
The Winter of Three Hairs · 1949The Winter of Three Hairs
★ 7.31949
MovieDramaComedy
San mao (3 hairs) was a very popular Chinese comic strip first published in 1935-37, continued from 1948 into the 1990s, about a young orphan boy struggling with life in Shanghai.
The Lights of Ten Thousand Homes · 1948The Lights of Ten Thousand Homes
★ 6.41948
MovieDrama
This tale of familial warfare and sacrifice takes place in hard-pressed Shanghai at the end of the 1940s. Hu Zhiqing can barely support his wife and children, and his situation is worsened by the unexpected arrival of his mother, brother and sister-in-law. When he is fired by his unscrupulous boss, the whole family becomes embroiled in one emotional/economic struggle after another.
Crows and Sparrows · 1949Crows and Sparrows
★ 6.71949
MovieDrama
A story of a corrupt party official who attempts to sell an apartment building he has appropriated from the original owner and the struggles of the tenants to prevent themselves being thrown onto the street.
Filmography
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儿女情长 · 1996儿女情长
1996
SeriesDramaFamily
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