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Ju Dou w/SLIP

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Format Blu-ray
Condition New
Label Vinegar Syndrome

The film that put director Zhang Yimou and star Gong Li on the international cinema map follows beautiful young Ju Dou as she is married off to an egregiously cruel, and also impotent, owner of a dye mill in the Chinese countryside in the early 20th century. When the boss’ nephew arrives on the scene they fall for each other with lustful abandon. Their impassioned affair soon leads to a son. After the clandestine couple convinces the despotic husband that he is the father, the boy is raised as his long-awaited heir. However the myriad complications of infidelity lead to a visceral and psychological melee  between the lovers and their ruler with explosively dramatic turns. With its stunning mise en scène and sumptuous use of color, Ju Dou was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the Academy Awards® and has earned a reputation as one of the greatest Chinese films ever made.

directed by: Zhang Yimou, Yang Fengliang
starring: Gong Li, Baotian Li, Wei Li, Zhang Yi
1990 / 95 min / 1.37:1 / Mandarin DTS-HD MA 2.0

Additional info:

  • Region A Blu-ray
  • Commentary by film critics James Marsh and Pierce Conran
  • Video essay by USC Professor Kin Tak Raymond Tsang
  • Contemporary Chinese Voices on Ju Dou video discussion
  • English subtitles

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