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Yellow Earth (simplified Chinese: 黄土地; traditional Chinese: 黃土地; pinyin: Huáng tǔdì) is a 1984 Chinese drama film. This film is telling a story of a young, village girl who bravely resists old-dated customs and searches for freedom. It was the directorial debut for Chen Kaige.
Yellow Earth: Directed by Kaige Chen. With Xueqi Wang, Bai Xue, Quiang Liu, Tuo Tan. A communist soldier travels to Shanbei to collect folk songs for propaganda while visiting a poor peasant family, giving hope to the teenage daughter in escaping an arranged marriage.
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- Drama, History, Music
- Kaige Chen
- 1988
Yellow Earth marked the breakthrough of new Chinese cinema in the 1980s and has remained the signature piece of the Fifth Generation of filmmakers. The film catapulted its director, Chen Kaige (Farewell, My Concubine) and cinematographer, Zhang Yimou (Red Sorghum, Raise the Red Lantern) to international stardom.
Jul 24, 2020 · Yellow Earth (1984) is the directorial debut of Chen Kaige (b. 1952), who is one of China’s “Fifth Generation” of filmmakers that include Zhang Yimou who, incidentally, provided the film with masterful cinematography. The plot of Yellow Earth is simple and heart-wrenching.
May 8, 2020 · Chen Kaige's 1984 debut film, Yellow Earth, defied the social realism of its day, revolutionizing the ways the Chinese watched and created films. As a young man, the Chinese writer Kē Lán 柯蓝 (1920-2006) once took a trip from Yan’an to Shaanbei, the northern portion of Shaanxi Province.
May 25, 2015 · Yellow Earth did, in fact, begin life as a standard-issue Chinese film studio screenplay of the time, which Beijing Film Academy professor Ni Zhen recalls Chen Kaige was initially very reluctant to direct.
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