Raise the Red Lantern (1991)
Raise the Red Lantern (1991)
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.
Gong Li
Song Lian
Ma Jingwu
Chen Zuo Qian
He Saifei
Mei Shan
Cao Cuifen
Zhuo Yun
Kong Lin
Yan'er
Shuyuan Jin
Yu Ru
Chu Xiao
Fei Pu
Ding Weimin
Mother Song
Cao Zengyin
Old Servant
Cui Zhigang
Dr. Gao
Zhou Qi
Chen Baishun
Zhang Yimou
Director
Su Tong
Novel
Ni Zhen
Writer
Chiu Fu-Sheng
Producer
Naoki Tachikawa
Composer
Hou Hsiao-hsien
Executive Producer
Wenze Zhang
Executive Producer
Naoki Tachikawa
Original Music Composer
Zhao Jiping
Original Music Composer
Lun Yang
Director of Photography
Tong Huamiao
Costume Design / Costume Designer
Lanhua Li
Sound Designer
Zhao Fei
Director of Photography
Media.
Details.
Release DateDecember 18, 1991
Original Name大红灯笼高高挂
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 5m
Budget$1,000,000
Box Office$16,600,000
Filming LocationsPeople's Republic of China, China
Genres
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Raise the Red Lantern is a 1991 Chinese period drama film directed by Zhang Yimou and starring Gong Li. It is an adaptation by Ni Zhen of the 1990 novella Raise the Red Lantern (originally Wives and Concubines) by Su Tong. The film was later adapted into an acclaimed ballet of the same title by the National Ballet of China, also directed by Zhang. Set during the Warlord Era in the 1920s, the film tells the story of a young woman who becomes the fourth wife of a wealthy man. It was the third of eight collaborations between Zhang and Gong, following Red Sorghum in 1987 and Ju Dou in 1990. The film was shot in the Qiao Family Compound near the ancient city of Pingyao, in Shanxi Province.
Raise the Red Lantern received widespread critical acclaim. It was entered into the 48th Venice International Film Festival, where it was nominated for the Golden Lion and won the Silver Lion. It was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and won the BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language. It is considered an important work in the so-called Fifth Generation movement of Chinese cinema and is one of the most internationally highly-regarded films from mainland China overall; it appeared on The New York Times's list of the 1000 best films ever made in 2004 and on the BBC's list of the 100 greatest foreign language films in 2018.