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Ju Dou
Running Time: 98 min.
MPAA Rating: PG13
Box Office: / Domestic gross: $1,986,000
Produced By: / China Film / China Film Export & Import Corporation / Tokuma Communications / Tokuma Shoten
Released: March 06, 1991 (USA)

Summary:
A dark, sensual, and visually sumptuous drama, Ju Dou centers on the title character, the third wife of a wealthy silk dyer in 1920s China. Forced into marriage by poverty, Ju Dou is repeatedly mistreated and cruelly disciplined by her husband, Jin-s... Full Summary >>

Cast and Crew: Gong Li (Ju Dou) Li Baotian (Yang Tian-quing) Li Wei (Yang Jin-shan) Zhang Yi (Yang Tian-bai-as a child) All Cast & Crew >> Review: Sumptuously photographed yet coolly fatalistic, Ju Dou was banned in its native China while wowing critics abroad with its strikingly erotic content and remarkably direct political subtext. It was nominated for an Oscar as Best Foreign Language Film ... Continue >>

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