Ju Dou

Name: Ju Dou
Genre: Drama
Released: 1990-04-21
Duration: 1 h 35 min
Rating: 7.6
Cast: Gong Li, Li Wei, Li Baotian, Niu Xingli, Jia Zhaoji

An Erotic Tale of Forbidden Passion.

菊豆 (1990)

Timing: 1:35 (95 min)

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Release date

1990-04-21

Country

China, Japan

Production

China Film Co-Production Corporation, Xi'an Film Studio

Genre

Drama

Budget

Box office

$1 986 433

Website

Director

Zhang Yimou

Actors

Gong Li, Li Wei, Li Baotian, Niu Xingli, Jia Zhaoji, Zhang Yi, Ji-an Zheng
All actors and roles (7)

Scenario

Liu Heng

Producer

Wenze Zhang, Hu Jian, Yasuyoshi Tokuma

Camera operator

Gu Changwei

Composer

Ru-jin Xia

Artist

Xia Rujin, Cao Juiping

Audition

Editing

Du Yuan
Whole Team (14)

Short description

Tianqing falls in love with Ju Dou, his uncle's wife who is tortured for being childless. However, after they have an affair, they discover that his uncle is impotent and try to conceal the truth.

What's left behind the scenes

The first Chinese film nominated for an Academy Award.
Immediately after its release, the film was banned from screening in China. The ban was lifted in July 1992.
It was banned from screening in China for several years.