Phuong Anh Dao, born Dao Phuong Anh Dao, is an award-winning Vietnamese actress. She was born on April 30, 1992, in Ganh Hao , Bac Lieu , Vietnam, and made her acting debut in 2014. Since then, she has appeared in a variety of films and television dramas, including “Saigon In The Rain” (2020).

Phuong Anh Dao

With big dreams driving him, Vu (Avin Lu) moves to Saigon with hopes of turning his love of music into an actual career. A talented musician, Vu’s path soon crosses with Trang’s (Truc Anh), the leader of a band looking to add a new member. Happy to join a band with dreams as big as his own, Vu grateful for whatever gigs the band can land. Playing anything from weddings to weekend markets, the band jumps at any chance to hone their skill.

It’s after one of the band’s wedding gigs that Vu meets May (Thu Anh Ho), a small clothing shop owner struggling to make ends meet. Coming from a small town, her hopes of earning enough money in the big city to support her family have long since been replaced by the harsh realities of city life. A far more experienced city-dweller, Vu decides to stick by May, in hopes of learning about this city he now calls home. Working as her assistant, Vu is often encouraged by May to believe in himself and to never give up on his dreams, a reminder he needs on more than one occasion.

When the chance to audition for a television reality show presents itself, the band can’t believe their good fortune, but impressing a panel of judges proves a lot harder than impressing a market crowd. With both Vu and May’s dreams now seeming to crumble, will either be able to offer the other the strength they need to keep going?

A story full of big dreams and harsh realities, “Saigon In The Rain” is a 2020 Vietnamese romantic comedy film directed by Le Minh Hoang.

Saigon in the Rain

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Van Nhi (Ngoc Duyen) is a young student who is short on money, so decides to work as a nanny to raise funds. She thinks she has fallen on her feet when she is hired by a rich single mother named Thanh (Phuong Anh Dao) who asks Van Nhi to move into her mansion-like house in the middle of a quiet and remote evergreen forest to take care of her young daughter Kitty. Thanh is frequently away on business trips and cannot spend much time at home.

While showing Van Nhi around, Thanh explains that one of the rooms belongs – or belonged – to her husband, but seems reluctant to speak more on the matter. All seems to begin well, but at night things begin to get eerie in the big house. To make matters more unsettling, Kitty tells Van Nhi that her father comes to visit her every night to sing her a lullaby. Furthermore, Van Nhi starts to wonder if the music teacher (Dan Truong) she has a close relationship with at university is somehow related to the goings-on at the house. The longer she stays, the closer she gets to uncovering a spine-chilling secret...

“Ghost Father” is a 2019 Vietnamese horror film that was directed by Ba Vu Nguyen.

Ghost Father

Nhat Ha (Phuong Anh Dao) is a young woman from Da Lat, Vietnam, who is on a quest to find her father (Cong Ninh). The latter vanished from her family some 10 years ago, leaving her and her mother to live on the Japanese island of Hokkaido. A keen photographer, he would often send his family photos of the things he saw on the island. But all of a sudden, the photos stopped coming. With no way to contact her father, Nhat Ha decides to travel to Hokkaido to find him.

But this quest is by no means an easy one: She speaks no Japanese, and navigating her way around the island could prove problematic. Fortunately, perhaps, she meets Akira (Takafumi Akutsu), a young, Japanese man with a love for 35mm film photography. Nhat Ha is also a keen photographer who also prefers analog cameras. Despite the fact that neither of the duo speaks a word of each other’s language, an unconventional friendship sparks between them. This could soon turn to romance, they begin to feel – but could untold secrets and forbidding language barriers impede Cupid’s progress?

“Summer in Closed Eyes” is a 2018 Vietnamese movie that was directed by Cao Thuy Nhi.

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