Ju Dou (1990)
- Original title
- 菊豆
- Directed by
- Yang Fengliang, Zhang Yimou
- Genre
- drama film, romance film
- Country
- People's Republic of China, Japan
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Rated
- PG-13
- Rating
- 7.2 of 10 from 180 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A beautiful young woman is forced into marriage with an elderly cloth dyer in rural China. She begins a secret affair with her husband's nephew, leading to tragedy.
tragicvisually lushmelancholictenseslow-burnoppressiveintimateemotional
What happens
Ju Dou (Chinese: 菊豆; pinyin: Jú Dòu) is a 1990 Mandarin-language romantic-drama 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, is a tragedy that revolves around Ju Dou, a beautiful young woman sold as a wife to Jinshan, an elderly cloth dyer. The film was produced using the vivid Technicolor process, long after it had been abandoned in the United States. It became the first Chinese film to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Upon its release, Ju Dou faced a ban in China, which was lifted in July 1992. Li Ruihuan reversed the ban after viewing the film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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