---
title: 'Dragon Seed (1944)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Jack Conway'
released: '1944-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 147
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/dragon-seed-1944'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036777/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Dragon Seed (1944)

1944 · 147 min · Drama · United States


## Synopsis

Dragon Seed is a 1944 American war drama film, about Japan's WWII-era actions in China. The movie directed by Jack Conway and Harold S. Bucquet, based on the 1942 novel of the same name by Pearl S. Buck. The film stars Katharine Hepburn, Walter Huston, Aline MacMahon, Akim Tamiroff, and Turhan Bey. It portrays a peaceful village in China that has been invaded by the Imperial Japanese Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War. The men in the village choose to adopt a peaceful attitude toward their conquerors, but the headstrong Jade (Hepburn) stands up to the Japanese.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Jack Conway](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-conway), [Harold S. Bucquet](https://cinepixo.com/people/harold-s-bucquet)
- **Screenplay:** [Jane Murfin](https://cinepixo.com/people/jane-murfin), [Marguerite Roberts](https://cinepixo.com/people/marguerite-roberts)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Herbert Stothart](https://cinepixo.com/people/herbert-stothart)
- **Producer:** [Pandro S. Berman](https://cinepixo.com/people/pandro-s-berman)
- **Director of Photography:** [Sidney Wagner](https://cinepixo.com/people/sidney-wagner)
- **Editor:** [Harold F. Kress](https://cinepixo.com/people/harold-f-kress)

## Cast

- [Henry Travers](https://cinepixo.com/people/henry-travers)
- [Lionel Barrymore](https://cinepixo.com/people/lionel-barrymore)
- [Hurd Hatfield](https://cinepixo.com/people/hurd-hatfield)
- [Leonard Strong](https://cinepixo.com/people/leonard-strong)
- [Robert Bice](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-bice)
- [Jacqueline deWit](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacqueline-dewit)
- [Akim Tamiroff](https://cinepixo.com/people/akim-tamiroff)
- [Agnes Moorehead](https://cinepixo.com/people/agnes-moorehead)
- [Aline MacMahon](https://cinepixo.com/people/aline-macmahon)
- [J. Carrol Naish](https://cinepixo.com/people/j-carrol-naish)
- [Katharine Hepburn](https://cinepixo.com/people/katharine-hepburn)
- [Walter Huston](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-huston)
- [Turhan Bey](https://cinepixo.com/people/turhan-bey)
- [Frank Puglia](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-puglia)
- [Jay Novello](https://cinepixo.com/people/jay-novello)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/dragon-seed-1944
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