Anxious to Return

Anxious to Return^[1] (also known as Eagerly Homebound^[2]) is a 1979 Chinese film directed by Jun Li and starring Siqin Gaowa, Chen Peisi, and Erkang Zhao.^[3] The movie is best known for the first appearance of actress Siqin Gaowa.

Anxious to Return
Directed by	Jun Li
Written by	Keyi Li
Starring	Siqin Gaowa Erkang Zhao Chen Peisi
Cinematography	Zhenzhong Chen Guangyuan Yang
Edited by	Luchu Xu Xin Zou
Music by	Mingzhe Zhen
Release date	1979 (1979)
Running time	110 min.
Country	China
Language	Mandarin

Plot

The film is set in the 1930s, during the Sino-Japanese War, and tells about a widow and peasant woman, Yu Zhen, who finds and saves a wounded soldier, and falls in love with him. The soldier is "trying to grapple with his conflicting emotions."^[4][5][6]

Siqin Gaowa won the Ministry of Culture's Youth Creativity Award in 1979 for her portrayal in this movie.^[2]

Cast

• Siqin Gaowa as Yuzhen
• Erkang Zhao as Wei Desheng
• Ma Zhigang as Uncle Qi
• Lu Yong as Dong Laoli
• Xu Yao as Chuan Zhu
• Han Zaisheng as Sun Haishan
• Zhao Baojun as a Veteran
• Li Fengqiu as Xiao Xuzi
• Chen Peisi as Police captain
• Zhao Shoukai
• Liu Zhao