Ju Dou(1990)

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.

Genre: Drama

Director: Yimou Zhang, Fengliang Yang

Actors: Gong Li, Baotian Li, Wei Li, Zhang Yi, Ji-an Zheng, Ma Chong, Zhijun Cong, Wu Fa, Zhaoji Jia, Jia Jin

Release date: 1990-04-21

Country of origin: People's Republic of China, Japan

Length: 1h 35m

Ratings:

• 7.6/10
• 100%