Ju Dou
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A woman married to the brutal and infertile owner of a dye mill in rural China conceives a boy with her husband's nephew but is forced to raise her son as her husband's heir without revealing his parentage in this circular tragedy. Filmed in glowing technicolour, this tale of romantic and familial love in the face of unbreakable tradition is more universal than its setting.
Status: Released
Released Date: 1990-04-21
Runtime: 95 mins
Director: Zhang Yimou
Writer: Liu Heng
Spoken language: 普通话
Genres: Drama
Original title: Ju Dou
Production Companies: China Film Co-Production Corp., Xi'an Film Studio
Production Countries: China, Japan
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