Dragon Seed (1944)
Dragon Seed (1944)
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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This Movie Is About.
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
Harold S. Bucquet
Director
Frances Rafferty
Orchid Tan - Lao Ta's Wife
Jacqueline deWit
Wu Lien's Wife
Jack Conway
Director
Pearl S. Buck
Writer
Clarence Lung
Fourth Cousin
Paul E. Burns
Shen - Neighbor
Marguerite Roberts
Writer
Jane Murfin
Writer
Anna Demetrio
Wu Sao
Lionel Barrymore
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Pandro S. Berman
Producer
Herbert Stothart
Composer
Claire Du Brey
Hysterical Woman (uncredited)
Sidney Wagner
Cinematographer
Philip Ahn
Leader of City People (uncredited)
Harold F. Kress
Editor
Benson Fong
Sudent (uncredited)
Leonard Mudie
Old Peddler Selling Poison (uncredited)
Abner Biberman
Capt. Yasuda (uncredited)
Ted Hecht
Maj. Yohagi (uncredited)
Media.
Details.
Release DateJuly 20, 1944
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 25m
Content RatingNR
Budget$3,070,000
Box Office$4,627,000
Genres
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.