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Yellow Earth

Yellow Earth
★ 7.2/10•1984•1h 31m•Drama•Music•History

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.

Chen Kaige · Director

Ziliang Zhang · Screenplay

Chen Kaige · Screenplay

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 31m
LanguageZH
Release DateAug 19, 1984

Actors

Xue Bai

Xue Bai

Cuiqiao

Wang Xueqi

Wang Xueqi

Gu Qing

Tuo Tan

The Father

Quiang Liu

Hanhan

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