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User Rating:
7.7/10   2,969 votes
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Writer:
Heng Liu (writer)
Contact:
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Release Date:
April 1991 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
Plot:
A woman married to the brutal and infertile owner of a dye mill in rural China conceives a boy with... more | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 3 wins & 1 nomination more
NewsDesk:
(2 articles)
The achievement of China
 (From Roger Ebert's Blog. 26 August 2008, 10:19 PM, PDT)

Zhang Yimou's gold medal
 (From Roger Ebert's Blog. 11 August 2008, 2:30 PM, PDT)

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Chinese patriarchal madness more

Cast

  (Credited cast)
Ma Chong
Zhijun Cong
Wu Fa
Li Gong ... Ju Dou
Jia Jin
Baotian Li ... Yang Tian-qing
Wei Li ... Yang Jin-shan
Xingli Niu
Yang Qianbin
Zhang Yi ... Tianbai as child
Jia Zhaoji
Ji-an Zheng ... Yang Tian-bai as a Youth
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Additional Details

Runtime:
95 min
Country:
Japan | China
Language:
Mandarin
Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby

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7 out of 9 people found the following comment useful:-
Chinese patriarchal madness, 29 July 2007
8/10
Author: lastliberal from Florida

Gong Li is just about one of the most beautiful actresses in the world today. It is hard to believe that she has been acting for 20 years.

This is one of her earlier works, and it is an excellent example of her talent. It is also one of the early films for Yimou Zhang, who also directed Gong Li in Curse of the Golden Flower. He shows the promise of a great director in this film.

There is not much that is pleasant her. Ju Dou (Gong Li) is bought by an evil man who has beaten two wives to death for not bearing him a son. She is beaten mercilessly and he has constant sex with her to have a son.

The problem is not his wives, but him, and she has a son secretly with his nephew (Baotian Li). It saves her life, but matters continue to get more and more complicated until the final tragedy.

One of the really interesting features of the film is the Chinese funeral ritual.

The film is a great example of the early work of two great talents, but do not think that early means weak, as they were bother strong from the beginning.

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