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1984

Yellow Earth

Directed by Chen Kaige
After tradition… comes revolution.

A communist soldier is sent to a remote region of China in order to collect folk songs. Staying with a peasant family (a widower with two small children), he discovers a community whose way of life is completely alien to him, but he gradually wins their trust…

Duration

1h 31m

Released

August 19, 1984

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7.3

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Cast4

  • Xue Bai
  • Wang Xueqi
  • Tuo Tan
  • Quiang Liu

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