Yellow Earth (1986)

  • NR
  • 04/11/1986 (US)
  • Drama, Music, History
  • 1h 31m

After tradition… comes revolution.

Overview

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…

Lan Ke

Novel

Chen Kaige

Director, Screenplay

Ziliang Zhang

Screenplay

Cast

Xue Bai's headshot

Xue Bai

Cuiqiao
Wang Xueqi's headshot

Wang Xueqi

Gu Qing
Tuo Tan's headshot

Tuo Tan

The Father
Quiang Liu's headshot

Quiang Liu

Hanhan

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