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Rickshaw Boy

Rickshaw Boy

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 1, 1982

Runtime

1h 57m

Genres

Drama

User Score

85%

Original Title

骆驼祥子

Production Companies

Beijing Film Studio

Director

Ling Zifeng

Description

Xiang Zi is a rickshaw boy who has always had a desire to excel and a thirst for freedom. He married Hu Niu who died of dystocia later. After her death, another girl, Xiao Fuzi, falls in love with Xiang Zi but they are separated by poverty. Xiang Zi works very hard in order to change his life, only to find that Xiao Fuzi is dead just as he begins to be hopeful for their future. Finally, Xiang Zi, an unflinching man, surrenders to that dark society.