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Overview

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-shan, for failing to bear him an heir. Her suffering attracts the sympathy of Jin-shan's younger, kinder nephew, Tian-qing, and the two begin a secret affair that could have tragic consequences. Spanning the course of many years, the film's narrative takes several surprising turns, defying expectations and complicating audience sympathies. None of the film's characters is wholly heroic or evil, allowing all three central performers -- Li Bao-tian as Tian-qing, Li Wei as
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Overview

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-shan, for failing to bear him an heir. Her suffering attracts the sympathy of Jin-shan's younger, kinder nephew, Tian-qing, and the two begin a secret affair that could have tragic consequences. Spanning the course of many years, the film's narrative takes several surprising turns, defying expectations and complicating audience sympathies. None of the film's characters is wholly heroic or evil, allowing all three central performers -- Li Bao-tian as Tian-qing, Li Wei as Jin-shan, and the luminous Gong Li as Ju Dou -- to fashion memorable, complex portrayals. Director Zhang Yimou, a former cinematographer, uses gorgeously saturated images that emphasize his story's elemental nature, which often recalls classical tragedy. Met with controversy in China due to supposed political overtones that worried government officials, Ju Dou received fairer treatment overseas, winning an Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Language Film and numerous festival prizes.

Product Details

  • Release Date: 2/14/2006
  • UPC: 690445022424
  • Original Release: 1990
  • Source: Razor
  • Region Code: 0
  • Time: 1:34:00
  • Sales rank: 27,829

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Gong Li Ju Dou
Li Baotian Yang Tian-quing
Li Wei Yang Jin-shan
Zhang Yi Yang Tian-bai-as a child
Zheng Jian Yang Tian-bai (youth)
Technical Credits
Zhang Yimou Director
Gu Changwei Cinematographer
Liu Heng Screenwriter
Liu Heng Screenwriter
Hu Jian Producer
Zhao Jiping Score Composer
Fei Jiupeng Art Director
Yang Lun Cinematographer
Xia Ru-jin Score Composer, Art Director
Shigemi Suzuki Producer
Zhang Wenze Producer
Tatsumi Yamashita Producer
Yasuyoshi Yokuma Producer
Yasu Yosi Producer
Du Yuan Editor
Zhi-an Zhang Costumes/Costume Designer

Scene Index

Disc #1 -- Ju Dou
1. Uncle's New Wife [14:47]
2. Aunt's Screaming in the Night [7:49]
3. The Attractions [8:12]
4. Ju-Dou Had a Boy [9:17]
5. Pleasures and Fears [14:35]
6. Tianbai's Birthday [7:58]
7. Uncle's Sudden Death [9:03]
8. Together Again [14:59]
9. Production Credit [2:11]

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  • Anonymous

    Posted June 30, 2011

    THE MOVIE IS A CLASSIC, THIS DVD IS AWFUL

    STAY CLEAR FROM THIS DVD, IT IS A RIP-OFF. The Pioneer DVD that was released back in the late 1990's and is now out-of-print, is of far better quality than this awful and more recent edition by RAZOR ENTERTAINMENT, with awful colors, more awful subtitles and terrible sound. This great film still awaits a deserving DVD edition; hopefully Criterion or Koch Lorber will pick up on it.

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  • Posted October 1, 2010

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    Ju Dou

    Despite a very poor transfer in a full-screen format, the film is of such outstanding quality that I recommend it to anyone who has never seen it. It undoubtly deserves a place alongside the great classics of world cinema. The cinematography, acting, script and story are simply incomparable. This film actually deserves a Criterion Collection treatment, but failing that, it's still so good that it survives this rather poor transfer. I also recommend any of Zhang Yimou's films, especially those he made with Gong Li, such as Farewell My Concubine, The Story of Qiu Ju, Shanghai Trilogy and To Live. What an amazing body of work!

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