Collaborations - The Cinema Of Zhang Yimou & Gong Li Imprint Collection 67-74

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The films of Zhang Yimou, one of cinemas greatest auteurs, and acclaimed Chinese actress Gong Li, have had a profound effect on audiences around the world. Their long and diverse filmmaking partnership has produced some of China's greatest films. Here, presented for the first time in one collection, are the eight major works from their long and diverse collaboration together. All eight films are presented in 1080p high definition in new 2k masters from the original negatives. Each film has additional supplements to compliment the film and provide insight into the making of these important cinema achievements. Red Sorghum When a leprous winery owner in 1930s China dies a few days after his arranged marriage, his young widow is forced to run the winery to make a living while contending with bandits, her drunkard lover, and the invading Japanese army. China | 1988 | 91 minutes | Original aspect ratio 2.35:1 Ju Dou A woman married to the brutal and infertile owner of a dye mill in rural China conceives a boy with her husband's nephew but is forced to raise her son as her husband's heir without revealing his parentage in this circular tragedy. China | 1990 | 95 minutes | Original aspect ratio 1.37:1 Raise the Red Lantern China in the 1920s. After her fathers death, 19 year old Songlian is forced to marry the much older lord of a powerful family. With three wives already, each living in a separate house within the great castle, there is fierce competition for his attenti

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Format: Blu Ray
Genre: Special Interest
Rating: M
Release Date: 20 10 2021
Production Year: 1988
Run Time: 875
Languages: Mandarin
Rating Advice: Moderate Coarse Language| Moderate Violence
Distributor: Madman Entertainment
Directors: Zhang Fengyi, Zhang Yimou

Actors: Chow Yun-Fat, Gong Li, Ge You, Jiang Wen, Li Baotian, Ma Jingwu, He Caifei, Li Xuejian, Teng Rujun, Qao Quifen, Sun Chun, Wang Xiaoxiao