Thanh Loan

Acting

Thanh Loan

Born

1951-01-21 (75)

Place of birth

Hanoi, Vietnam

Known for

Acting

Credits

12 titles

Distinguished Artist Thanh Loan (full name Nguyễn Thị Thanh Loan, b. January 21, 1951 in Hanoi) is a Vietnamese actress and director. After years of studying drama during the war, she began acting in 1973 in the film "To the Field of Sedge" (Người về đồng cói, d. Bạch Diệp). She then appeared in several other films: "Song of the Battle" (Bài ca ra trận, d. Trần Đắc, 1973-1975); "Plan Three Roses" (Phương án ba bông hồng, d. Văn Hòa, 1981); "The One Who Can't Speak Yet" (Người chưa biết nói, d. Bạch Diệp); and "The Forgotten Proposal" (Bản đề án bị bỏ quên, d. Nông Ích Đạt). Thanh Loan landed her most well known role, the undercover ranger Huyền Trang (disguised as a Buddhist nun), in the TV…

Known for

Film credits

1980s · 7 titles

Operation Three Roses poster
NR

Taking orders from the People’s Revolutionary Tribunal, a group of special task agents from Saigon’s underground resistance force carry out clandestine campaigns against the enemy’s side.

Operation Three Roses

1981

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

Cards on the Table: Blue Sky in the Split of Leaf poster
NR

The Government of the Republic of Vietnam is subjected to military attacks and protests everywhere. Law 10-59 is enacted. Luan is sent to the United States for further military course training. Upon his return in early 1961, Ngo Dinh Diem decides to make him the governor of Kien Hoa province (Ben Tre today) to conduct the Pacification Program, with special privileges at his disposal.

Cards on the Table: Blue Sky in the Split of Leaf

1985

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

The Forgotten Proposal poster
NR

An engineer devises a plan that will help a farm improve its staggering business, but is dismissed the farm’s manager.

The Forgotten Proposal

1980

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: 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

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