Movielogr
Ju Dou (1990)
Directed by Zhang Yimou
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.
Rated PG-13 | Length 95 minutes
Actors
Gong Li | Wei Li | Li Bao-Tian | Xingli Niu | Jia Zhao-Ji | Zhang Yi | Ji-an Zheng | Ma Chong | Zhijun Cong | Wu Fa | Jia Jin | Yang Qianbin