Raise the Red Lantern (1991)

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125 min - Drama - 20 December 1991 (France)

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China in the 1920's. After her father's death, nineteen year old Songlian is forced to marry Chen Zuoqian... See full summary »

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Cast

Complete credited cast:
	Li Gong	...	Songlian
	Saifei He	...	Meishan (Third Wife)
	Cuifen Cao	...	Zhuoyan (Second Wife)
	Jingwu Ma	...	The Master
	Qi Zhao	...	Housekeeper
	Lin Kong	...	Yan'er
	Shuyuan Jin	...	Yuru (First Wife)
	Weimin Ding	...	Songlian's mother
	Zhengyin Cao	...	Old servant
	Zhihgang Cui	...	Dr. Gao
	Chu Xiao	...	Feipu

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China in the 1920's. After her father's death, nineteen year old Songlian is forced to marry Chen Zuoqian, the lord of a powerful family. Fifty year old Chen has already three wives, each of them living in separate houses within the great castle. The competition between the wives is tough, as their master's attention carries power, status and privilege. Each night Chen must decide with which wife to spend the night and a red lantern is lit in front of the house of his choice. And each wife schemes and plots to make sure it's hers. However, things get out of hand... Written by Mattias Pettersson <seaman@sbbs.se>

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China, 1920. One master, four wives.

Genres:

Drama

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Country:

China | Hong Kong | Taiwan

Language:

Mandarin

Release Date:

20 December 1991 (France) See more »

Also Known As:

Esposas y concubinas See more »

Box Office

Gross:

$2,603,061 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

ERA International, China Film Co-Production Corporation, Century Communications See more »

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Technical Specs

Runtime:

125 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

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Trivia

"The Master's" face is never seen. It is either obscured behind thin curtains or out of shot. See more »

Quotes

Songlian's mother: Rich man? If you marry a rich man, you will only be his concubine.
Songlian: Let me be a concubine. Isn't that the fate of a woman?
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Raise the Red Lantern (1991)
Da hong deng long gao gao gua (original title)

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