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
Stars: Gong Li, Li Wei, Li Baotian, Niu Xingli, Jia Zhaoji, Zhang Yi
Crew: Yang Fengliang (Co-Director), Zhang Yimou (Director), Liu Heng (Writer), Hu Jian (Producer), Yasuyoshi Tokuma (Producer), Wenze Zhang (Producer)
Country: China, Japan
Language: 普通话
Studio: China Film Co-Production Corp., Xi'an Film Studio
Runtime: 95 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Apr 21, 1990
IMDb: 3.8
Keywords:adultery, drowning, sadism, murder, accidental death, modern china, technicolor, abuse, spouse abuse, illicit love, patricide
