The Rain of Sorrow

The Rain of Sorrow is a 1965 Taiwanese film directed by Wang Yin, based on Chiung Yao's 1964 novel Fire and Rain. The film stars Wang Yin himself, as well as 21-year-old Gua Ah-leh in her acting debut.

Wang Yin handpicked Gua Ah-leh, a recent graduate of National Taiwan Academy of Arts (now National Taiwan University of Arts), from over a thousand candidates for the lead role. The film's other investors wanted a "sexier" bankable actress, but Wang wouldn't budge. Eventually Wang had to finance the film all by himself after other investors quit the project, but his selection proved brilliant. Gua Ah-leh won Golden Horse Award for Best Leading Actress for this film, and would go on to become one of the greatest actresses in the cinema of Taiwan.

Cast

 * Gua Ah-leh as Lu Yi-ping
 * Wang Yin as Lu Chen-hua
 * Lu Pi-yun as Hsueh-chin
 * Wu Chia-chi as Ho Shu-huan
 * Yi Li as Lu Ru-ping
 * Chen Ying as Lu Meng-ping
 * Chang Wen-hua as Lu Ehr-chieh
 * Wei Shao-ming as Lu Ehr-hao
 * Chou Mei-li as Fang Yu
 * Ming Ko as Lu Yi-ping's mother
 * Lin Wei-cheng as Ho Shu-huan's mother
 * Chou Hsun as Ah-lan
 * Lin Pin as Wei Shao-hsiung

Awards and nominations
1966 4th Golden Horse Awards Gua at that time was the youngest Best Leading Actress winner in Golden Horse Awards history.
 * Won—Best Leading Actress (Gua Ah-leh)
 * Won—Best Supporting Actress (Lu Pi-yun)