Today is Labor Day, and compared to the blockbuster genre films, there seem to be fewer drama films depicting laborers.
Here is a review of a 1985 Taiwanese director Zhang Yi's work: "I lived my life like this".
Looking at the poster, it seems that there is a mark on Naruse's classic Japanese film "When a Woman Walks Up the Stairs".
However, the heroine of the film, Guimi, is definitely not as glamorous and beautiful as the bar mother Sang Keiko in "When a Woman Walks Up the Stairs".
After World War II, Gui mei, who came to Taiwan from Nanjing to find her fiancé, defected to her cousin's house, which was really sad to live under the fence, and married Hou Yongnian, who ran the hotel, and became the stepmother of three children.
Not only do you have to do the housework, but you also have to keep an eye on your gambling husband at all times.
Later, in order to make a living, the couple abandoned their two children and took the other two children to Japan to work as a maid for a large family, and began a hard and conflicting entrepreneurial career for the couple.
This film is the second part of Zhang Yi's trilogy of women: "Yu Qing Sister-in-law" (1984), "I Lived My Life Like This" (1985) and "My Love" (1986).
Gui Mei, played by Yang Huishan, shows the tenacity, endurance, and endless sense of responsibility of Chinese women for their families and children, and many scenes are moving.
Zhang Yi also won the four awards of best feature film, best director, best actress and best adapted screenplay at the 22nd Golden Horse Film Festival with this film.
Later, Zhang Yi, Yang Huishan and his wife founded the Liuli Workshop, which is famous for its collection at home and abroad.