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1982 Chinese film

Rickshaw Boy

Chinese name

Traditional Chinese

駱駝祥子

Simplified Chinese

骆驼祥子

Literal meaning

Xiangzi the Camel

Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	luòtuo Xiángzǐ
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping	lok3 to4 coeng4 zi2

Directed by

Ling Zifeng

Based on

Rickshaw Boy
by Lao She

Starring

Siqin Gaowa
Zhang Fengyi

Release dates

1982 (1982) (China)
October 1983 (1983-10) (Chicago International Film Festival)

Running time

123 minutes

Country

China

Language

Mandarin

Rickshaw Boy (Chinese: 骆驼祥子) is a 1982 Chinese movie directed by Ling Zifeng, based upon the novel of the same name by Lao She. The film stars Siqin Gaowa, who won a Golden Rooster for her performance, and Zhang Fengyi.

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 dystocia 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
Zhang Fengyi as Xiang Zi

Reception

Awards

Golden Rooster Award for Best Picture at the 3rd Golden Rooster Awards (1982, won)
Golden Rooster Award for Best Actress at the 3rd Golden Rooster Awards (1982, won - tied with Pan Hong)
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 (1983, won - three way tie with At Middle Age and The Herdsman)
Best Actress at the Hundred Flowers Awards (1983, won)

References

骆驼祥子 (1982) [Rickshaw Boy (1982)]. Tencent QQ (in Chinese).
"骆驼祥子 Rickshaw Boy (1982)". Mtime (in Chinese).

External links

Rickshaw Boy at IMDb
"骆驼祥子 Rickshaw Boy". M1905 (in Chinese).

v t e Lao She
Novels and major stories	Lao Zhang's Philosophy (1926) Zhao Ziyue (1927) Mr Ma and Son (1929) Cat Country (1933) Divorce (1933) Rickshaw Boy (1936) This Life of Mine (1937) Four Generations Under One Roof (1943)
Plays	Peaches and Plums in the Spring Wind (1943) Longxugou (1951) Teahouse (1957)
Film adaptations	This Life of Mine (1950) Rickshaw Boy (1982) Mr. No Problem (2016)
People	Hu Jieqing

v t e Golden Rooster Award for Best Picture
1980s	Evening Rain (1981) Legend of Tianyun Mountain (1981) Neighbor (1982) Rickshaw Boy (1983) At Middle Age (1983) Voice from Hometown (1984) The Girl in Red (1985) Wild Mountains (1986) Dr. Sun Yat-sen (1987) Hibiscus Town (1987) Red Sorghum (1988) Old Well (1988)
1990s	Founding Ceremony (1990) Jiao Yulu (1991) Decisive Engagement: The Liaoxi-Shenyang Campaign (1992) The Story of Qiu Ju (1993) Country Teachers (1994) The Accused Uncle Shangang (1995) Red Cherry (1996) The Opium War (1997) Live in Peace (1998) Postmen in the Mountains (1999)
2000s	The Road Home (2000) Roaring Across the Horizon (2000) Fatal Decision (2000) Mao Zedong, 1925 (2001) Pretty Big Feet (2002) Charging Out Amazon (2002) The River Wild (2003) Nuan (2003) Shanghai Story (2004) On the Mountain of Tai Hang (2005) Kekexili: Mountain Patrol (2005) The Knot (2007) Assembly (2009) Forever Enthralled (2009)
2010s	Shenzhou 11 (2011) American Dreams in China (2013) The Story of Zhou Enlai (2013) Wolf Totem (2015) Operation Mekong (2017) The Wandering Earth (2019)
2020s	Leap (2020) Island Keeper (2021) The Battle at Lake Changjin (2022) Creation of the Gods I: Kingdom of Storms (2023)

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