Yellow Earth

1984 · directed by Chen Kaige

Rating

83/100

Hit

yes

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.

Yellow Earth (1984), directed by Chen Kaige, rates 83/100 — a hit. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

• Xue Bai
• Wang Xueqi
• Tuo Tan
• Quiang Liu

Crew

• Zhang Yimou — Director of Photography
• Pei Xiaonan — Editor
• Zhao Jiping — Original Music Composer
• Chen Kaige — Screenplay
• Ziliang Zhang — Screenplay

More from Chen Kaige

1. Farewell My Concubine (1993) — 88/100 · hit
2. To Each His Own Cinema (2007) — 79/100
3. Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet (2002) — 76/100
4. The Emperor and the Assassin (1998) — 74/100
5. Together (2002) — 70/100
6. Legend of the Demon Cat (2017) — 67/100

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