Ju Dou (1990)
Starring Gong Li, Wei Li, Li Baotian
Directed by Zhang Yimou
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.
Runtime: 95 min.
Rating: 7.3
DVD
Languages: Mandarin
Countries: China,Japan
Genres: Drama
Keywords: adultery,drowning,sadism,murder,accidental death,modern china,technicolor,abuse,spouse abuse,illicit love,patricide
Cast
Ju Dou
Yang Jin-shan
Yang Tian-qing
Yang Tian-bai as a Youth