Raise the Red Lantern (1991)

12/18/1991Drama2h 5m
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China, 1920. One Master, Four Wives.

Overview

In 1920s China, nineteen-year-old Songlian becomes a concubine of a powerful lord and is forced to compete with his three wives for the privileges gained.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Gong Li

    Song Lian

  2. Cast 1

    Ma Jingwu

    Chen Zuo Qian

  3. Cast 1

    He Saifei

    Mei Shan

  4. Cast 1

    Cao Cuifen

    Zhuo Yun

  5. Cast 1

    Kong Lin

    Yan'er

  6. Cast 1

    Shuyuan Jin

    Yu Ru

  7. Chu Xiao

    Fei Pu

  8. Cast 1

    Ding Weimin

    Mother Song

  9. Cast 1

    Cao Zengyin

    Old Servant

**In the context of oriental cinema, it's a good film... but it's very different from the cinema that we, in the West, are used to, and this difference ends up killing our interest in this work.** I think this movie was the first Chinese movie I saw, I'm not really sure. I am not an expert on the cinema of this country, but I can say that it is one of those films that you see without much special interest. Of course, I'm talking about the standard audience, because there are really oriental film lovers who will be more interested in this material. The script is based on the story of Song...

Status Released

Original LanguageChinese 

Budget$1,000,000.00

Revenue $16,600,000.00

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