Ju Dou (1990) [PG-13]

Release Date:
April 21, 1990

Original Title:
菊豆

Alternate Titles:
Cúc Đậu
Ju Dou
Ju Dou Semilla de crisantemo
Ju Dou – Flammende begjær
Ju Dou, amor secreto
Ju Dou, semilla de crisantemo
Ju Dou: Secret Love, Hidden Faces
Ju Dou: Semilla de crisantemo
Semilla de crisantemo
Дзю Доу
Цзюй Доу
ちゅいとう
チュイトウ
菊豆
국두

Genres:
Drama

Production Companies:
China Film Co-Production Corporation
Xi'an Film Studio

Production Countries:
China | Japan

Ratings / Certifications:
KR: 15  NL: 12  US: PG-13 

Runtime: 95

An Erotic Tale of Forbidden Passion.

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.

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Co-Director:
Yang Fengliang

Costume Design:
Zhi-an Zhang

Director:
Zhang Yimou

Director of Photography:
Gu Changwei
Lun Yang

Editor:
Du Yuan

Original Music Composer:
Ru-jin Xia
Jiping Zhao

Producer:
Wenze Zhang
Hu Jian
Yasuyoshi Tokuma

Production Design:
Xia Rujin
Cao Juiping

Writer:
Liu Heng

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