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Ju Dou(1990)
Status: Released
Date: 1990-04-21
72%
159 Votes
Time: 1h 35m
An Erotic Tale of Forbidden Passion.
Overview:
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.
Languages: Mandarin.
Countries:
China,
Japan
ProductionCompanies:
China Film Co-Production Corp.
Xi'an Film Studio
Movie: Ju Dou
Top 10 Billed Cast
Gong Li
Ju Dou
Li Wei
Yang Jinshan
Li Baotian
Yang Tianqing
Niu Xingli
Patriarch of the Yang Clan
Jia Zhaoji
Er Laizi
Cong Zhijun
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