Quang Thái

Acting

Quang Thái

Born — Died

1937-03-20 — 2019-06-17

Place of birth

Hải Phòng, Vietnam

Known for

Acting

Credits

8 titles

Distinguished Artist Quang Thái (full name Bùi Quang Thái, b. 20 March 1937 in Hải Phòng province - 17 June 2019) was a Vietnamese actor in film and theater. He belonged to the second generation of the Vietnam National Drama Theater (Nhà hát kịch Việt Nam), alongside other names such as Đào Mộng Long, Song Kim, Trúc Quỳnh and Mạnh Linh. Quang Thái began acting in film in 1959 when he was cast in the first Vietnamese revolutionary film "On the Same River" (Chung một dòng sông, d. Phạm Văn Khoa, 1959); but was moved from the lead role to a secondary one due to his rather too "Western" looks. He then found success on the stage, with well remembered roles like Sergei in "The Story of Lec scut" …

Known for

On the Same River poster
5.5

Hoài and Vận fall in love during the war against the French. Vận fought as a guerrilla and Vận ferried guerrillas across the river. When peace comes, Vietnam is divided in two across the Bến Hải River, leaving them separated.

On the Same River

1959

Killer poster
NR

Lonely at old age, Định seeks solace in the companionship of a colleague who then moves in to live with him. Wary of an imminent marriage that will interfere with their inheritance, Định’s children scheme to break up his new relationship.

Killer

1988

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

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: 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

Film credits

1980s · 6 titles

Killer poster
NR

Lonely at old age, Định seeks solace in the companionship of a colleague who then moves in to live with him. Wary of an imminent marriage that will interfere with their inheritance, Định’s children scheme to break up his new relationship.

Killer

1988

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

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: 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

Await poster
NR

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