Yellow Earth

1h 31m
DramaMusicHistory
7.2

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.

Cast

Xue Bai
Cuiqiao
Wang Xueqi
Gu Qing
Tuo Tan
The Father
Quiang Liu
Hanhan

Crew

Chen Kaige
Director, Screenplay
Ziliang Zhang
Screenplay
Lan Ke
Novel
Pei Xiaonan
Editor
Zhang Yimou
Director of Photography
Zhao Jiping
Original Music Composer
He Qun
Art Direction

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