Yellow Earth (1984)

08/19/1984 (CN) • 1h 31m

Drama, Music, History

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…

Top Billed Cast

Xue Bai

Cuiqiao

Wang Xueqi

Gu Qing

Tuo Tan

The Father


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Status

Released

Original Language

Mandarin

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

tradition

peasant

arranged marriage

folk music

folk singer

military

chinese communism

drought

communist party

1930s

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