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7.4/10   762 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Kaige Chen (writer)
Lan Ke (novel)
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Release Date:
1988 (USA) more
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Plot:
Yellow earth focuses on the story of a Communist soldier who is sent to the countryside to collect folk songs for the Communist Revolution... more | add synopsis
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4 wins more
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Cast

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Xueqi Wang ... Gu Quing (as Xueyin Wang)
Bai Xue ... Cuiqiao
Quiang Liu ... Hanhan
Tuo Tan ... The father
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Yellow Earth
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Runtime:
Germany:89 min | Sweden:91 min | USA:89 min
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The movie is not often viewed in China because most citizens do not understand the film. more

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16 out of 22 people found the following comment useful.
tears, 5 June 2000
10/10
Author: mdworak from Omaha, NE

This movie is, to say the very least, a work of art. No other movie has ever evoked such emotional tears from my eyes as Yellow Earth. From the foreshadowing wedding ceremony, to the repetition in Cuigiao's own wedding, from distant silhouettes, to the ominous slow motion running of Hanhan during the ceremonial rain dance at the end, I have never felt the extent of sympathy for characters in a film as I have during and after viewing Yellow Earth. The folk songs reiterated the intensity of the sorrow through their text and solemn melodies. Ch'en Kaige beautifully crafted this film, bringing a little understanding of the plight of traditional China, and the revolutionary attempt to better their situation.

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