Raise the Red Lantern (1991) China
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Director:Li, Gong, Yimou, Zhang
Studio:ERA International
Producer:Fu-Sheng Chiu, Hsiao-hsien Hou, Wenze Zhang
Writer:Su Tong, Ni Zhen
Rating:8.2 (12,887 votes)
Rated:PG
Date Added:2012-06-05
ASIN:690445022325
UPC:027616082626
Price:49.99USD
Awards:Nominated for Oscar, Another 19 wins & 3 nominations
Genre:Chinese films
IMDb:0101640
Duration:2:05:00
Picture Format:Widescreen
Aspect Ratio:1.85 : 1
Sound:Dolby
Languages:Mandarin
Subtitles:English
Features:Plastic: Transparent
Cover: Standard
Rot Status: None reported
LAC code:300001207
DVD or VHS:DVD
Original:original
Li, Gong, Yimou, Zhang  ...  (Director)
Su Tong, Ni Zhen  ...  (Writer)
 
Li Gong  ...  Songlian
Saifei He  ...  Meishan (Third Wife)
Cuifen Cao  ...  Zhuoyan (Second Wife)
Jingwu Ma  ...  The Master
Qi Zhao  ...  Housekeeper
Lin Kong  ...  Yan'er
Shuyuan Jin  ...  Yuru (First Wife)
Weimin Ding  ...  Songlian's mother
Zhengyin Cao  ...  Old servant
Zhihgang Cui  ...  Dr. Gao
Chu Xiao  ...  Feipu
Naoki Tachikawa  ...  Composer
Jiping Zhao  ...  Composer
Lun Yang  ...  Cinematographer
Fei Zhao  ...  Cinematographer
Comments: DCH 139.2

Summary: Zhang Yimou (Ju Dou) directed this fascinating, visually formal 1991 film about an educated woman (Gong Li) who is sent off to become the newest wife of a feudal nobleman in 1920s China. Nearly isolated in his spooky, palatial home, she develops relationships with several of the other wives and slowly becomes aware of a hideous legacy of punishment toward more willful women. The film has a brittle and dry quality that is deliberate, but also suggestive of Zhang working through various explorations of his own style (which he resolved in his next film, The Story of Qiu Ju). Gong Li, one of the world's great actresses, is superb. --Tom Keogh