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Ju Dou ( Chinese: 菊豆; pinyin: Jú Dòu) is a 1990 film directed by Zhang Yimou and Yang Fengliang, starring Gong Li as the title character. The film, based on the novel Fuxi, Fuxi (伏羲伏羲) by Liu Heng, [3] is a tragedy that revolves around Ju Dou, a beautiful young woman sold as a wife to Jinshan, an elderly cloth dyer.
Ju Dou: Directed by Yimou Zhang, Fengliang Yang. With Gong Li, Baotian Li, Wei Li, Zhang Yi. In rural China, the young bride of a tyrannical owner of a silk-dyeing business finds temporary solace in the arms of her husband's nephew, but problems arise when she becomes pregnant.
Ju Dou (Gong Li), the young bride of Yang Jin-shan (Wei Li), who is the tyrannical owner of a silk-dyeing business, is forced to endure her husband's violent...
Ju Dou (Gong Li), the young bride of Yang Jin-shan (Wei Li), who is the tyrannical owner of a silk-dyeing business, is forced to endure her husband's...
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Aug 11, 2022 · “Ju Dou” is the brutal and sad story of women’s reality in rural China. It is one of the remarkable, woman-centered films made by Zhang Yimou with his muse and brilliant actress Gong Li. After “Ju Dou” came out, it was followed by “Raise the Red Lantern” and “The Story of Qiu Ju.”
May 20, 2015 · (1) Situated in between Red Sorghum (1987) and Raise the Red Lantern (1991), Ju Dou’s striking mise en scene, melodramatic narrative and allegorical meanings garnered Zhang auteur status internationally.
Sep 22, 1990 · 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.
