Slight Spoiler Warning in Effect Zhang Yimou and Yang Fengliang’s Ju Dou is about a number of socio-political and cultural concerns but it works best as the vessel in the miserable canals of existential heartache exploring the nature of ...
Pros: Glorious Technicolor, well-crafted and powerful melodrama, strong performances Cons: A distressing level of violence and negativity
Ju Dou (1989) is a film for which I have the utmost respect but very little stomach. A man has to know his limitations and one of mine is that a film can only have so much cruelty and depressing circumstances before it becomes more of a painful ...
Pros: Excellent acting and directing, visually mesmerising, brilliant cinematography and colours Cons: Some viewers might find subject-matter distressing.
Director: Zhang Yimou Main Cast Li Gong - Ju Do Baotian Li - Yang Tian-Qing Wei Li - Yang Jin-shan Zhang Yi - Tianbai as child Ji-an Zheng -Yang Tian-bai as a youth Run Time: 98 mins Language: Mandarin, ...
Pros: cinematography, cast, characters Cons: morality play, sometimes slow
Director Zhang Yimou continued the success of his earlier film "Red Sorghum" with "Ju Dou". Both films starred actress Gong Li, and eventually they would make seven films together. Gong Li became China's most well-known actress in the...
Pros: Gong Li, vivid colors and cinematography. First 2/3 of movie strong. Cons: Last third of movie weak and far to ridiculous.
Ju Dou had the potential to be Gong Li's greatest movie, but the weak ending of the movie doomed it.
Gong Li plays the title character of the film named Ju Dou, who is a beautiful, but very poor woman, who is purchased by an elderly, impotent, and...
A dark sensual and visually sumptuous drama, Ju Dou centers on the title character, Ju Dou (Gong Li), the wife of a wealthy silk dryer in 1920 s China...More at Buy.com Marketplaces
Epinions.com periodically updates pricing and product information from third-party sources, so some information may be slightly out-of-date. You should confirm all information before relying on it.
- Add to My Yahoo!: 
- Add to Google Homepage: 
© 1999-2009 Shopping.com, Inc.