Trà Giang

Acting

Trà Giang

Born

1942-12-11 (83)

Place of birth

Quảng Ngãi, Vietnam

Known for

Acting

Credits

19 titles

People's Artist Nguyễn Thị Trà Giang (born 11 December 1942 in Phan Thiết) is a Vietnamese actress, politician and painter. She is often regarded as one of the greatest figures of early Vietnamese cinema, and was the first film star to be named a People’s Artist of Vietnam. Daughter of prestigious stage director Nguyễn Văn Khánh, Trà Giang immigrated to Hai Phong with her father’s troupe following the 1954 partition of Vietnam. In 1959, she passed a selective audition and joined the newly inaugurated Vietnamese Academy of Performing Arts in Hanoi, where she made her debut in stage and occasionally took on background acting roles at Hanoi Film Studio. After her graduation from the Academy,…

Known for

Film credits

1980s · 7 titles

1970s · 7 titles

The Little Girl of Hanoi poster
7.2

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

The Little Girl of Hanoi

1974

First Love poster
NR

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.

First Love

1977

17th Parallel, Nights and Days poster
8.0

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

17th Parallel, Nights and Days

1973

March to the Front poster
NR

March to the Front depicts the Resistance War Against America (Vietnam War) through the lens of romance.

March to the Front

1973

Introduction to the Enemy poster
9.0

This film documents the journey of actress Jane Fonda and her husband – future California state senator Tom Hayden – through North and South Viet Nam in 1974. They travel from villages to towns talking with ordinary Vietnamese about their lives and the effects of the war on their lives, families, and communities.

Introduction to the Enemy

1974

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Unspeakable

1979

The Holy Day poster
NR

A story about a Catholic Village by the sea in Northern Vietnam in the early 60's, where people lacked faith in the new Communist regime.

The Holy Day

1976

1960s · 5 titles

Mrs. Tư Hậu poster
7.7

Tư Hậu is a common woman from a fishing village whose husband has gone away to fight in the revolution. She takes care of her young daughter as well as her aging father-in-law. Soon, her peaceful village is attacked.

Mrs. Tư Hậu

1963

An Early Autumn Day poster
NR

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.

An Early Autumn Day

1962

Fire in the Woods poster
NR

In mid-1960s, groups of American paratroopers arrive at a Hmong village near the Vietnam-Laos border. Among the troops are former villagers who collaborated with the French; having returned home , they seek to win over the village’s support.

Fire in the Woods

1966

Floating Village poster
NR

The inhabitants of a small island in the delta of the turbulent Red River are doomed to poverty: floods wash away crops, livestock, and even people. From generation to generation, a legend is passed down about a kind dragon that can drink the river's water and save the village. But the dragon is a fairy tale, and the people have decided to block the treacherous river themselves. With extraordinary perseverance, fighting against the elements, the village population builds protective fortifications around the island.

Floating Village

1964

The Fight Still Goes On poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The Fight Still Goes On

1966