Dragon Seed (1944)
Dragon Seed (1944)
Network & Production Companies
Plot.
The lives of a small Chinese village are turned Upside down when the Japanese invade it. An heroic young Chinese woman leads her fellow villagers in an uprising against Japanese Invaders.
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Cast & Crew.
Katharine Hepburn
Jade Tan
Walter Huston
Ling Tan
Aline MacMahon
Ling Tan's Wife
Akim Tamiroff
Wu Lien
Turhan Bey
Lao Er Tan - Middle Son
Hurd Hatfield
Lao San Tan - Youngest Son
J. Carrol Naish
Japanese Kitchen Overseer
Agnes Moorehead
Third Cousin's Wife
Henry Travers
Third Cousin
Robert Bice
Lao Ta Tan - Eldest Son
Robert Lewis
Captain Sato
Frances Rafferty
Orchid Tan - Lao Ta's Wife
Jacqueline deWit
Wu Lien's Wife
Clarence Lung
Fourth Cousin
Paul E. Burns
Shen - Neighbor
Anna Demetrio
Wu Sao
Lionel Barrymore
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Claire Du Brey
Hysterical Woman (uncredited)
Philip Ahn
Leader of City People (uncredited)
Benson Fong
Sudent (uncredited)
Leonard Mudie
Old Peddler Selling Poison (uncredited)
Abner Biberman
Capt. Yasuda (uncredited)
Ted Hecht
Maj. Yohagi (uncredited)
Victor Wong
Japanese Officer (uncredited)
Al Hill
Japanese Officer (uncredited)
Jay Novello
Japanese Soldier (uncredited)
Richard Wang
Japanese Soldier (uncredited)
Philip Van Zandt
Japanese Guard (uncredited)
Spencer Chan
Farmer (uncredited)
Teru Shimada
Villager (uncredited)
Jack Conway
Director
Harold S. Bucquet
Director
Media.
Details.
Release DateJuly 20, 1944
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 25m
Content RatingNR
Budget$3,070,000
Box Office$4,627,000
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
china
based on novel or book
japanese occupation of china
Wiki.
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.
Aline MacMahon was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
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