Acting
Hanoi, Vietnam
Chu Hùng
Acting
Biography
Merited Artist Chu Hùng (1956 -7th February 2024) was a Vietnamese actor. He was mostly active in theatre, and in television he was best known for portraying morally grey and violent characters in crime/action series. He briefly participated in films by taking on supporting roles in several films, notably Trần Anh Hùng's "Vertical Ray of the Sun".
Feature Films (7)
At the house of a famous Chinese botanist teacher his daughter and a female intern fall in love with each other - a forbidden love that must be kept secret.
The Chinese Botanist's Daughters
Hanoi comes across almost picture-perfect in director Tran Anh Hung's beautiful, elegiac tale about the lives and loves of three Vietnamese sisters. A mood characteristic of Hung's films is set early on with the vivid sounds of birds, insects and water and the way the lighting enhances the subtle use of color. They all combine to gem-like effect here.
The Vertical Ray of the Sun
In colonial Vietnam, dashing French naval captain Jean-Baptiste, wealthy plantation owner Éliane Devries, and her adopted Vietnamese daughter Camillevare form the three points of a cross-cultural romantic triangle. As the struggle against European imperialism sweeps Indochina, Jean-Baptiste and Camille have to choose sides and Éliane faces the emotionally difficult challenge of raising the child of her daughter and ex-lover.
Indochine
Follows a young cyclo driver on his poverty-driven descent into criminality in modern-day Ho Chi Minh City. The boy's struggles to scratch out a living for his two sisters and grandfather in the mean streets of the city lead to petty crime on behalf of a mysterious Madame from whom he rents his cyclo.
Cyclo
Quan is a story about a young boy tired of working for his relatives in the rice paddies and dreaming of a life where he is free to pursue whatever he desires. Doing so, he befriends an elderly bus driver, who teaches him the value of doing something you enjoy, for a living. Finding a new family, leaving your past isn't an easy task, especially for a young boy, and destiny can always find a way to turn things around in life.
Quan
Television & Series (7)
The story follows Thanh Trúc, a girl who has passion for fashion designing but also encounters hardships in life and love.
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The first VIetnamese TV series on the subject of criminal police and the confrontation between the police force and criminal groups.
