Anxious to Return[1] (also known as Eagerly Homebound[2]) is a 1979 Chinese film directed by Jun Li and starring Siqin Gaowa, Chen Peisi, and Erkang Zhao.
[3] The movie is best known for the first appearance of actress Siqin Gaowa.
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.
"[4][5][6] Siqin Gaowa won the Ministry of Culture's Youth Creativity Award in 1979 for her portrayal in this movie.