Yellow Earth (1984)
14/08/1985 (GB)
Drama, Music, History
1h 31m
- 73% (55 votes)
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After tradition… comes revolution.
Overview
A communist soldier is sent to a remote region of China in order to collect folk songs. Staying with a peasant family (a widower with two small children), he discovers a community whose way of life is completely alien to him, but he gradually wins their trust…
- Chen KaigeDirector, Screenplay
- Ziliang ZhangScreenplay
Original Title
黄土地
Status
Released
Original Language
Chinese
Keywords
- tradition
- peasant
- arranged marriage
- folk music
- folk singer
- military
- chinese communism
- drought
- communist party
- 1930s
Top Billed Cast
Xue Bai
Cuiqiao
Wang Xueqi
Gu Qing
Tuo Tan
The Father
Quiang Liu
Hanhan
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