Bùi Cường

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Death date
Aug 03, 2018

Bùi Cường

Known For

Saigon Rangers: Return You Your Name
1h 18m
Movie 1986

Saigon Rangers: Return You Your Name

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: Thunderstorm
1h 30m
Movie 1986

Saigon Rangers: Thunderstorm

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: Silence
1h 17m
Movie 1986

Saigon Rangers: Silence

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: The Meeting Place
1h 21m
Movie 1986

Saigon Rangers: The Meeting Place

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.

Biography

Distinguished Artist - People's Artist Bùi Cường (b. 1945 in Hanoi - 3 August 2018) was a Vietnamese actor and director. He graduated from the second acting class of the University of Theater and Performing Arts of Hanoi, alongside other People's Artists such as Đào Bá Sơn, Minh Châu, Quốc Trọng and Thanh Quý. Bùi Cường is best known for his role as Chí Phèo in a classic of Vietnamese cinema, "Once Upon a Time in Vũ Đại Village" (Làng Vũ Đại ngày ấy, d. Phạm Văn Khoa, 1982). The film is a joint adaptation of three of Nam Cao's works: "Chi Pheo" (Chí Phèo, 1941); "Old Hạc" (Lão Hạc, 1943) and "Corroded Life" (Sống mòn, 1956). He then continued to impress in other roles such as Trần Tuấn in "Minute 89" (Phút 89, d. Quốc Long); Trần Quân in "The Murderer" (Kẻ giết người, d. Hoài Linh); Mộc in "Horizonless" (Không có đường chân trời, d. Nguyễn Khánh Dư, 1986); and Năm Hòa in "Saigon Rangers" (Biệt động Sài Gòn; d. Long Vân, 1982-1986). Bùi Cường's first directing effort was "Hero with a Twirled Beard" (Người hùng râu quặp, 1990). In 1996, he directed "The Childless Woman" (Người đàn bà không con). In 2003, his TV series "The Spy and His Two Wives" (Vị tướng tình báo và hai bà vợ) was well received and won the Gold Prize at the Vietnam National Television Festival.

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