Ju Dou

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Ju Dou

Directed by	Zhang Yimou Yang Fengliang
Produced by	Hu Jian Yasuyoshi Tokuma Wenze Zhang
Written by	Liu Heng
Starring	Gong Li Baotian Li Wei Li Zhang Yi
Music by	Xia Ru-jin Zhao Jiping
Cinematography	Gu Changwei Yang Lun
Editing by	Du Yuan
Distributed by	Miramax Films
Release date(s)	September 7, 1990
Running time	95 min
Country	China
Language	Mandarin
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Ju Dou (Chinese: 菊豆; pinyin: Jú Dòu) is a 1991 Chinese film directed by Zhang Yimou and Yang Fengliang (though it is almost universally considered to be a product of Zhang's vision as director) and starring Gong Li as the title character. It is notable for being shot in vivid Technicolor long after the process had been abandoned in the United States.

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The film is a tragedy, focusing on the characters of Ju Dou, a beautiful young woman who has been sold as a wife to Jinshu, an old cloth dyer. Jinshu is a cruel, miserly man who had tortured his two previous wives to death for failing to bear him a son. The cruel irony is that Jinshu is infertile. The film begins when Tianqing, Jinshu's adopted nephew, arrives at his uncle's home to work for him.

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Films directed by Zhang Yimou

Red Sorghum (1987) • Codename Cougar (1989) • Ju Dou (1990) • Raise the Red Lantern (1991) • The Story of Qiu Ju (1992) • To Live (1994) • Shanghai Triad (1995) • Keep Cool (1997) • The Road Home (1999) • Not One Less (1999) • Happy Times (2000) • Hero (2002) • House of Flying Daggers (2004) • Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles (2005) • Curse of the Golden Flower (2006)