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Yellow Earth(1984)
Status: Released
Date: 1984-08-19
72%
52 Votes
Time: 1h 31m
After tradition… comes revolution.
Overview:
A communist soldier is sent to a remote region of China in order to collect folk songs. Staying with a peasant family (a widower with two small children), he discovers a community whose way of life is completely alien to him, but he gradually wins their trust…
Languages: Mandarin.
Countries:
China
ProductionCompanies:
Guangxi Film Studio
Movie: Yellow Earth
Top 4 Billed Cast
Xue Bai
Cuiqiao
王学圻
Gu Qing
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