Thúy An

Acting

Thúy An

Born 1958-12-24 · An Giang, Vietnam

Thúy An (full name Nguyễn Thị Thúy An, born December 24, 1958 in An Giang province) is a retired Vietnamese actress. She was most famous in the 1970s and 1980s, beginning her career in 1978 with the feature debut of Nguyễn Hồng Sến, "Whirlwind Season" (Mùa gió chướng). Her most memorable roles are Sáu Xoa in "The Abandoned Field: Free Fire Zone" (Cánh đồng hoang, d. Nguyễn Hồng Sến, 1979); Thùy Dung in the first three episodes of the TV series "Cards on the Table" (Ván bài lật ngửa, d. Lê Hoàng Hoa, 1982-1987); and Ngọc Lan in the TV series "Saigon Rangers" (Biệt động Sài Gòn, d. Long Vân, 1982-1986). Thúy An is considered one of the leading actors of Vietnamese revolutionary cinema. Most of her film credits are associated with director Hồng Sến, who was her husband until his death in 1995 that also marked her retirement from acting. Thúy An currently resides in Germany with her second husband and her daughter from her first marriage.

Acting credits

Cards on the Table: The Gunshot on the Highland poster
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After a tumultuous arrival and subsequent stay in Da Lat for military training, Luan returns to Saigon a Major in the Presidential Special Forces. He and Thuy Dung continue their relationship. News that Ngo Dinh Diem is opening the Ban Me Thuot's Highland Economic Fair attracts many intelligence and security organizations, whose political purposes vary.

Cards on the Table: The Gunshot on the Highland

1983

Chorus Of Hope poster
NR

A happy couple is suddenly separated when one of them is arrested on charges of espionage and sent to re-education camp.

Chorus Of Hope

1989

Wild Field poster
6.5

In Dong Thap Muoi during the days of the Vietnam War, Ba Do, Sau Xoa and their little child live in a small shack in the middle of an abandoned wetland zone. They are entrusted with the mission of maintaining Viet Minh's lines of communication in the area. Daily life goes on as the small family looks out for death from above.

Wild Field

1979

Cards on the Table: The Roving Chessman poster
NR

In 1955 Tay Ninh, the National United Front is established and gives Ngo Dinh Diem's government an ultimatum: reform or attack. Luan continues to handle his new rise of popularity within sociopolitical circles in South Vietnam. He goes to Da Lat for a vacation, where a meeting between him and a young woman has been arranged.

Cards on the Table: The Roving Chessman

1983

Highland F101 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Highland F101

1988

Karma poster
9.0

Binh is a South Vietnamese soldier whose wife Nga turns to a life of prostitution after Binh is classified as missing. When Binh does return, he finds it impossible to forgive the repentant Nga. The couple's doomed future continues, as Binh joins the Vietnamese Special Forces and a friend struggles to reunite the two.

Karma

1986

Saigon Rangers: Thunderstorm poster
NR

After the dangerous offensive launched on the embassy office in Saigon, Tư Chung and his comrades have to find ways to adapt to rising suspicions from the CIA advisors, as well as dealing with violent repercussions involving someone very dear to him. The third part of a series based on a real-life organization involved in intelligence activities in South Vietnam before 1975.

Saigon Rangers: Thunderstorm

1986

Whirlwind Season poster
NR

Nguyễn Hồng Sến's debut feature, based on the novel of the same name by Nguyễn Quang Sáng. Members of the Viet Cong attempt to defend their fellow citizens from being forcefully relocated from their village by a South Vietnamese army officer while at the same time continue with their efforts to win the war in Vietnam.

Whirlwind Season

1978

Hòn Đất poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Hòn Đất

1983

The Battlefield Divides The Moon poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The Battlefield Divides The Moon

1990

Flooding Season poster
NR

One of the three collaborated movies by Trinh Cong Son (songwriter), Hong Sen (director), and Nguyen Quang Sang (novelist). The other two are "Mùa Gió Chướng" and "Cánh Đồng Hoang".

Flooding Season

1986

Mission Roses poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Mission Roses

1988

No artwork available
NR

At the wedding of his rich friend, a man meets a charming and stylish woman who's known in Saigon high society as the daughter of an influential minister.

The Minister's Daughter

1987

Saigon Rangers: Silence poster
NR

To keep up with his public guise, Tư Chung considers marriage with his "girlfriend" and tries to flatter some trust out of the CIA advisors who've been eyeing the pair, all the while following new orders to plan and launch an important offensive. The second part of a series based on a real-life organization involved in intelligence activities in South Vietnam before 1975.

Saigon Rangers: Silence

1986

Saigon Rangers: Return You Your Name poster
NR

The year 1968 approaches. Bubbling underneath festive spirits are quiet anticipations of a major escalation of conflict, alongside exciting dreams of a brighter future...that seems so close and yet somehow far away. Tư Chung, tasked with overseeing the joint offensive on supreme headquarters in Saigon at the first moment of the lunar year, prepares himself for the most beautiful and painful of hopes. The final part of a series based on a real-life organization involved in intelligence activities in South Vietnam before 1975.

Saigon Rangers: Return You Your Name

1986

Saigon Rangers: The Meeting Place poster
8.0

Posing as a privileged man working for his wealthy industrialist uncle, Commander of the Saigon Rangers Tư Chung prepares with his comrades for a secret meeting with a coming Vietcong officer, alias "K9". The first part of a series based on a real-life organization involved in intelligence activities in South Vietnam before 1975.

Saigon Rangers: The Meeting Place

1986

Rạch Chiếc Bridge poster
NR

A Retelling of the Battle of Rạch Chiếc in April 1945

Rạch Chiếc Bridge

1986