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Ju Dou ()

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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.
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  • Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 8 wins & 5 nominations.
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Ju Dou / wife
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Tianqing / Jinshan's nephew
Wei Li ...
Jinshan / husband
Zhang Yi ...
Tianbai / Ju Dou and Tianqing's son(child)
Ji-an Zheng ...
Tianbai / Ju Dou and Tianqing's son(teenager)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ma Chong
Zhijun Cong
Wu Fa
Zhaoji Jia
Jia Jin
Xingli Niu
Qianbin Yang ...
(as Yang Qianbin)

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Yimou Zhang
Fengliang Yang ... (co-director)

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Heng Liu ... ()

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Hu Jian ... producer
Yasuyoshi Tokuma ... producer
Wenze Zhang ... producer

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Ru-jin Xia
Jiping Zhao

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Changwei Gu
Lun Yang

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Yuan Du

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Tod Scott Brody ... post-production: USA

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Jiuping Cao ... (as Juiping Cao)
Rujin Xia

Costume Design by

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Zhi-an Zhang

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Zhou Youzhao ... assistant director

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Lanhua Li ... sound

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Lisa Atkinson ... china visual effects

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Helen Milsted Eisenman ... subtitles: english version
Renée Furst ... dedicated to

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Plot Summary

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. This tale of romantic and familial love in the face of unbreakable tradition is more universal than its setting. Written by Keith Loh

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Taglines An Erotic Tale of Forbidden Passion See more »
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Also Known As
  • 菊豆 (China, Mandarin title)
  • 菊豆 (Japan, Japanese title)
  • Ju Dou : Le Sang du père (France)
  • Semilla de crisantemo (Spain)
  • Ju Dou - flammende begær (Denmark)
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  • 95 min
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Trivia In the original novel Tianqing is the biological nephew of Jinshan and the story itself is about incest by affinity. The makers of the film version decided not to use the incest angle, so in the film Tianqing and Jinshan are not biologically related. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in The Hard Way/Closet Land/New Jack City/Shipwrecked/Ju Dou (1991). See more »
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