Yellow Earth
After tradition… comes revolution.
Rating: 7.2 out of 10TMDB(61 votes)
Overview
A communist soldier is sent to a remote region of China in order to collect folk songs. Staying with a peasant family (a widower with two small children), he discovers a community whose way of life is completely alien to him, but he gradually wins their trust.
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Setting
Set in Shaanxi
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Music
Music by Zhao Jiping
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Zhang Yimou
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Lan KeNovel
- Ziliang ZhangScreenplay
- Chen KaigeScreenplay
- Original title
- 黄土地
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- August 19, 1984
- Original language
- Mandarin
- Countries
- China
Production
Cast
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