Raise the Red Lantern
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- Movie: Raise the Red Lantern
- Chinese: 大红灯笼高高挂 (Da hong deng long gao gao gua)
- Director: Yimou Zhang
- Writer: Su Tong (novel), Ni Zhen
- Producer: Hsiao-hsien Hou , Wenze Zhang, Fu-Sheng Chiu
- Cinemotagraphy: Fei Zhao
- Original Music: Jiping Zhao
- Release Date: September 10, 1991
- Runtime: 125 min.
- Language: Mandarin
- Country: China
[edit] Plot
In a Chinese town in the 1920’s, four wives in a polygamous marriage jockey for what limited power is available to them within a claustrophobic and patriarchal household. Issues of class, gender and sexual hierarchies, and questions about the role of history versus fate emerge in the increasingly tension-filled atmosphere of this marital hothouse, where servants who are keenly aware of rank and status also act to resist and perpetuate the traditions of the Chen household.
[edit] Cast
- Li Gong - Songlian
- Caifei He - Meishan (Third Wife)
- Cuifen Cao - Zhuoyan (Second Wife)
- Jingwu Ma - The Master
- Qi Zhao - Housekeeper
- Lin Kong - Yan'er
- Jin Shuyuan - Yuru (First Wife)
- Weimin Ding - Songlian's mother
- Cao Zhengyin - Old servant
- Zhihgang Cui - Dr. Gao
- Chu Xiao - Feipu
