tradition,peasant,arranged marriage,folk music,folk singer,military,chinese communism,drought,communist party,1930s

Yellow Earth (1984)

Poster for Yellow Earth

After tradition… comes revolution.

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 & Crew

Director
Chen Kaige
  • Profile picture of Xue Bai
    Cuiqiao Xue Bai
  • Profile picture of Wang Xueqi
    Gu Qing Wang Xueqi

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Keywords

  • tradition
  • peasant
  • arranged marriage
  • folk music
  • folk singer
  • military
  • chinese communism
  • drought
  • communist party
  • 1930s