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    The Story of Qiu Ju

    PG1993 · Drama · 1h 40m

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  1. Language. Mandarin. The Story of Qiu Ju ( Chinese: 秋菊打官司; pinyin: Qiū jú dǎ guānsī, "Qiu Ju goes to court") is a 1992 Chinese comedy-drama film. The film was directed by Zhang Yimou and, as in many of his films, stars Gong Li in the title role. The screenplay is an adaption of Chen Yuanbin's (陈源斌) novella The Wan Family's ...

    • Feng Yiting, Fung Kwok Ma
    • Zhao Jiping
  2. Apr 16, 1993 · The Story of Qiu Ju: Directed by Yimou Zhang. With Gong Li, Peiqi Liu, Liuchun Yang, Kesheng Lei. A peasant woman seeks justice after the headman of her village has kicked her husband in the groin.

    • Yimou Zhang
    • 34
    • 1 min
  3. May 28, 1993 · Powered by JustWatch. "The Story of Qiu Ju" begins with a shot of a Chinese city scene, the streets teeming with people, most of them on foot or bicycle. Eventually the camera isolates three of them: A man sprawled uncomfortably on a cart, and two women who are pushing him. One of the women is pregnant. After they arrive at a doctor's office ...

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  5. Rated: 5/5 • Mar 29, 2006. In a small town in China, village elder Wang (Lei Laosheng) ends an argument with the peasant Qinglai (Liu Peiqi) by kicking him. Incensed, Qinglai's indomitable and ...

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    • Yimou Zhang
    • PG
    • Gong Li
  6. Currently you are able to watch "The Story of Qiu Ju" streaming on Plex, Plex Player, Plex Channel for free. Synopsis When her husband is kicked in the groin by the village head, Qiu Ju, a peasant woman, despite her pregnancy, travels to a nearby town, and later a big city to deal with its bureaucrats and find justice.

    • Qiu Ju; Wan Qinglai; Meizi
    • Zhang Yimou
    • 1992
    • Gong Li
  7. Named best foreign language film by the National Society of Film Critics (1993). Nominated for a 1993 Spirit Award by the Independent Feature Project/West for best foreign film. Winner of the Golden Cup Award at the 1992 Changchun Film Festival. Winner of the Golden Lion at the 1992 Venice Film Festival. Gong Li also received the Volpi Cup for ...

  8. The Story Of Qiu Ju. A pregnant peasant woman seeks redress from the Chinese bureaucracy after the village chief kicks her husband in the groin in this comedy of justice. As she is frustrated by each level of the hierarchy and travels farther and farther away from the countryside the viewer is also provided with a look at the changing Chinese ...

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