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Raise the Red Lantern is a 1991 Chinese-language period drama film directed by Zhang Yimou and starring Gong Li. It is an adaptation by Ni Zhen [ zh] of the 1990 novella Raise the Red Lantern (originally Wives and Concubines) by Su Tong.
Dec 18, 1991 · A young bride enters a polygamous marriage in 1920s China and faces the rivalry of her master's three wives. Directed by Yimou Zhang and starring Gong Li, this film was nominated for an Oscar and won 23 awards.
- (35K)
- Drama, Romance
- Yimou Zhang
- 1991-12-18
Apr 27, 2003 · In the Japanese film, a woman captures a man, who spends the night in her home at the bottom of a hole in the desert and finds in the morning that the escape ladder has been removed.
Visually thrilling and rich with emotion, Raise the Red Lantern offers an engrossing period drama anchored by an outstanding performance from Gong Li. Read Critics Reviews
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- Yimou Zhang
- PG
- Gong Li
After her father's death, nineteen year old Songlian is forced to marry Chen Zuoqian, the lord of a powerful family. Fifty year old Chen has already three wives, each of them living in separate houses within the great castle.
In 1920s China, a nineteen year old Songlian is forced to marry the much older lord of a powerful family and compete with his three wives for his attention, slowly uncovering the dark truths that lie within their gilded cage.
- 125 min
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Mar 27, 1992 · A red lantern is raised each night outside the quarters of the wife who will be honored by a visit from the master. The fourth wife of the rich old man comes to live in his house against her will. She has been educated, and thinks herself ready for the wider world, but her mother betrays her, selling her as a concubine, and soon her world is no ...
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