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Ju Dou Details

1990

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Drama set in 1920's China which studies the owner of a dye workshop who beats his wife for not conceiving a son. Read more

Starring	Ma Chong, Zhijun Cong, Wu Fa, Ma Chong/ Zhijun Cong/ Wu Fa
Director	Yimou Zhang, Fengliang Yang, Yimou Zhang/ Fengliang Yang
Genres	Drama, World Cinema

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Ju Dou

Drama set in 1920's China which studies the owner of a dye workshop who beats his wife for not conceiving a son.

Starring	Ma Chong, Zhijun Cong, Wu Fa, Ma Chong/ Zhijun Cong/ Wu Fa
Director	Yimou Zhang, Fengliang Yang, Yimou Zhang/ Fengliang Yang
Studio	ESCAPI UK LTD
Run time	DVD: 1 hr 30 mins
Certificate
Genres	Drama, World Cinema
Language	DVD: Thai
Subtitles	DVD: English
Released	Production year: 1990 To Rent: DVD: 13 Oct 2008

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  Ju Dou
  
  The proprietor of a cloth-dyeing business buys in a new young wife in a desperate effort to obtain a male heir. The dyed cloths hanging from rails to dry ... read more »
  
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  kuomintang in mainland
  
  Judou is third wife of wealty owner of dye factory who accuses his wives of sterility and beats them to death obsessed by continuing family lineage. She takes ... read more »
  
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  A wasted opportunity
  
  A fine example of Chinese cinema wasted by pathetic transfer. Unwatchable and a disk which kept getting stuck on various scenes.
  
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  Great film, but let down by...
  
  ...the truly poor transfer. My review is supposed to be about the film, but the poor image and sound quality detracted a lot from this viewing compared to the ... read more »
  
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The Curse of the Golden Flower
- 10 Apr 2007
Miami Vice and Hannibal Rising star Gong Li was roundly criticized in the Chinese press recently after speaking up for environmental issues in the senate while wearing fur. So it goes: Gong is as close to royalty as China allows these days, and that privilege doesn't come without scrutiny (she has also used her delegate status to try to curb media intrusions into privacy). It's all a long way from the roles that made her name nearly twenty years ago now: in Red Sorghum, Ju Dou, Raise the Red... Read more
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