---
title: 'Ju Dou (1990)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Zhang Yimou'
released: '1990-04-21'
runtime_minutes: 95
certification: 'PG-13'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'People''s Republic of China'
  - 'Japan'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/ju-dou-1990'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099902/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Ju Dou (1990)

1990 · PG-13 · 95 min · Drama, Romance · People's Republic of China, Japan

Original title: 菊豆

## Synopsis

Ju Dou is a 1990 Mandarin-language romantic-drama film directed by Zhang Yimou and Yang Fengliang, starring Gong Li as the title character. The film, based on the novel Fuxi, Fuxi (伏羲伏羲) by Liu Heng, is a tragedy that revolves around Ju Dou, a beautiful young woman sold as a wife to Jinshan, an elderly cloth dyer. The film was produced using the vivid Technicolor process, long after it had been abandoned in the United States. It became the first Chinese film to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Zhang Yimou](https://cinepixo.com/people/zhang-yimou), [Yang Fengliang](https://cinepixo.com/people/yang-fengliang)
- **Screenplay:** [Liu Heng](https://cinepixo.com/people/liu-heng)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Zhao Jiping](https://cinepixo.com/people/zhao-jiping)
- **Producer:** [Yasuyoshi Tokuma](https://cinepixo.com/people/yasuyoshi-tokuma), [Hu Jian](https://cinepixo.com/people/hu-jian), [Zhang Wenze](https://cinepixo.com/people/zhang-wenze)
- **Director of Photography:** [Gu Changwei](https://cinepixo.com/people/gu-changwei)
- **Editor:** [Du Yuan](https://cinepixo.com/people/du-yuan)

## Cast

- [Li Baotian](https://cinepixo.com/people/li-baotian) as Yang Tianqing
- [Li Wei](https://cinepixo.com/people/li-wei) as Yang Jinshan
- [Gong Li](https://cinepixo.com/people/gong-li) as Ju Dou

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