Anxious to Return

Anxious to Return (also known as Eagerly Homebound) is a 1981 Chinese film directed by Jun Li and starring Siqin Gaowa, Chen Peisi, and Erkang Zhao. The movie is best known for the first appearance of actress Siqin Gaowa. Plot The film is set in the 1930s, during the Sino-Japanese War, and tells about a widow and peasant woman, Yu Zhen, who finds and saves a wounded soldier, and falls in love with him. The soldier is "trying to grapple with his conflicting emotions." Siqin Gaowa won the Ministry of Culture's Youth Creativity Award in 1979 for her portrayal in this movie. Cast Siqin Gaowa as Yuzhen Erkang Zhao as Wei Desheng Ma Zhigang as Uncle Qi Lu Yong as Dong Laoli Xu Yao as Chuan Zhu Han Zaisheng as Sun Haishan Zhao Baojun as a Veteran Li Fengqiu as Xiao Xuzi Chen Peisi as Police captain Zhao Shoukai Liu Zhao