Ju Dou
Visit website7.2/10 • 159
1990-04-21 • 1h 35m
An Erotic Tale of Forbidden Passion.
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.
- Directors
- Zhang Yimou
- Writters
- Liu Heng
- Editors
- Liu Heng, Du Yuan
Ju Dou
Visit website1990-04-21 • 1h 35m
7.2/10 • 159
An Erotic Tale of Forbidden Passion.
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.
- Directors
- Zhang Yimou
- Writters
- Liu Heng
- Editors
- Liu Heng, Du Yuan
Top Billed Cast
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Gong Li
Ju Dou
Li Wei
Yang Jinshan
Li Baotian
Yang Tianqing
Niu Xingli
Patriarch of the Yang Clan
Jia Zhaoji
Er Laizi
Zhang Yi
Young Tianbai
Ji-an Zheng
Teenage Tianbai
Ma Chong
Cong Zhijun
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- Original Language
- Chinese
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- Keywords
- adulterydrowningsadismmurderaccidental deathmodern chinatechnicolorabusespouse abuseillicit lovepatricide