Ju Dou 1990

Name: Ju Dou
Released: 1990-04-21
Cast: Gong Li, Li Wei, Li Baotian, Niu Xingli, Jia Zhaoji

Synopsis:

A woman married to the brutal and infertile owner of a dye mill in rural China conceives a boy with her husband's nephew but is forced to raise her son as her husband's heir without revealing his parentage in this circular tragedy. Filmed in glowing technicolour, this tale of romantic and familial love in the face of unbreakable tradition is more universal than its setting.

Directed by:	Zhang Yimou
Written by:	Liu Heng
Release date:	1990-04-21
Runtime:	95 minutes
Critics score:	100 / 100
Tagline:	An Erotic Tale of Forbidden Passion.