Y Vân
Sound
Biography
Trần Tấn Hậu (2 July 1933 - 28 November 1992), best known by his stage name Y Vân, was a Vietnamese composer, songwriter and musician. Rising to prominence in the late 1950s with disco-influenced tracks and slow rock ballads, he was a pivotal figure in shaping the sounds of modern Vietnamese light pop music and the flourishing pop culture of South Vietnam. After 1975, he remained with the new Huong Mien Nam's Artists Troupe and Ho Chi Minh City's Radio, scoring films, stages and cultural events; his notable works during this time include soundtrack for the first installation of Le Hoang Hoa's espionage thriller "Cards on the Table" [Ván bài lật ngửa] and the ending song for "Sơn ca trong thành phố"[Skylark in the City](1983). He passed away at the age of 60, and in 2025 became the subject of his grandaughter Khoa Ha's documentary "Y Van: The Lost Sounds of Saigon".
Known For
While exploring her grandfather's musical legacy, a filmmaker reveals a forgotten chapter of Vietnam's past.
Y Vân: The Lost Sounds of Saigon
Ngạn's unrequited love for Hà Lan, a stubborn girl with dreamy eyes is a love story with many facets, from childish playfulness and innocent high school romance to a poignant chase that, despite numerous events, becomes a bittersweet pursuit of love, yet one that never loses hope. The story becomes even more complicated when Trà Long, Hà Lan's daughter, grows up and develops feelings for Ngạn.
Dreamy Eyes
At the wedding of his rich friend, a man meets a charming and stylish woman who's known in Saigon high society as the daughter of an influential minister.
The Minister's Daughter
A doctor is distraught to find out the newly-admitted patient in his shift is the daughter of his childhood sweetheart.
The Eyes I Used to Know
When her parents struggle to make ends meet in Saigon, a young woman quits school to work as a nightclub dancer and is later banished from home for losing her virginity. Slowly, she descends into hedonism and self-destruction.
Highway with No Lights
After the Geneva Convention, Viet Minh cadres are gathered to the North. There are also many who secretly stayed. Among them is Robert Nguyen Thanh Luan. He returns to Vinh Long, part of the diocese of Bishop Peter Ngo Dinh Thuc, who has known his Catholic family for long. The bishop adopts him into the Ngo family, where he begins associating with Ngo Dinh Nhu, the Vice President and Presidential Consultant of the Republic of Vietnam.
Cards on the Table: The Foster Son of the Archbishop
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Skylark in the City
Also called "Rain Drop's Fate" or "Like The Falling Raindrops", Như Hạt Mưa Sa is a black and white film based on the novel of the same name by the late writer Ngọc Linh made by Việt Ảnh Film. Bạch Tuyết played the role of Dã Lan with Trần Quang, the painter Thuyên, and Thẩm Thúy Hằng played the roles of Yến and Dung (twin sisters), Đoàn Châu Mậu, Tony Hiếu, Tùng Lâm... The film was made in 1971.
Like The Falling Raindrops
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Vụ Án Viên Đạn Lạc
In post-war Saigon, the son of a prominent police officer befriends a young woman he met in a vehicle accident. But beneath his new girlfriend's irresistible charm and striking beauty lies a menacing secret.
Under The Code Name K213
A poor student fights for the love of his life against a nefarious bandit
Goodbye Summer Love
An engineer returns home after studying abroad in France. Not wanting to do corporate work, he decides to open a car service in a small highland city where he chances upon an old friend working as a smuggler.