Long Vân

Directing

Long Vân

Hanoi, Vietnam

Long Vân (b. 1932/1933 in Hanoi - 24 December 2023) was a Vietnamese director. He belonged to the first directing class of the Vietnam Film School, studying alongside other notable directors such as People's Artists Hải Ninh and Huy Thành. After graduating, he directed several films, and became widely known for the four-part series "Saigon Rangers" (1986), about a historic real-life organization of brave Vietnamese youths fighting as spies within South Vietnam before 1975. The series was the first Vietnamese feature production in color.

Acting credits

Behind the camera

Stirring Dawn poster
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Stirring Dawn

1977

For Tomorrow poster
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For Tomorrow

1981

Liberation of Saigon poster
10.0

The story of liberation of Saigon by People's Army of Vietnam and National Liberation Front of South Vietnam on 30 April 1975.

Liberation of Saigon

2005

Liberation of Saigon poster
10.0

The story of liberation of Saigon by People's Army of Vietnam and National Liberation Front of South Vietnam on 30 April 1975.

Liberation of Saigon

2005

Until Next Time, Saigon ! poster
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In early 1920s, while studying at the Huế royal citadel, young scholar Nguyễn Tất Thành bears witness to the brutal suppression of Cần Vương insurgents by the Colonial French settlers and the complicity of his royal gentries. He plans himself for a transformative journey that will forge him to be one of the most distinguished revolutionaries - Hồ Chí Minh.

Until Next Time, Saigon !

1990

Until Next Time, Saigon ! poster
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In early 1920s, while studying at the Huế royal citadel, young scholar Nguyễn Tất Thành bears witness to the brutal suppression of Cần Vương insurgents by the Colonial French settlers and the complicity of his royal gentries. He plans himself for a transformative journey that will forge him to be one of the most distinguished revolutionaries - Hồ Chí Minh.

Until Next Time, Saigon !

1990

The Call Ahead poster
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No synopsis available yet.

The Call Ahead

1979

Saigon Rangers: Thunderstorm poster
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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

Await poster
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As the new government takes over South Vietnam following the Fall of Saigon, civil engineer Dương Tấn is fearful of imminent repression. He and his colleagues are dispatched to fix a hydroelectric plant where they meet Đỗ Long, a bubbly engineer from the North.

Await

1980

Nơi Gặp Gỡ Của Tình Yêu poster
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No synopsis available yet.

Nơi Gặp Gỡ Của Tình Yêu

1980

Saigon Rangers: Return You Your Name poster
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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: Silence poster
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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: 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