Dragon Seed
M-G-M's immortal production of the great novel
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Release Date
7/20/1944Runtime
148 minsGenres
Overview
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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ReleasedOriginal Language
EnglishBudget
$3,070,000Revenue
$4,627,000Homepage
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A sweeping wartime drama following a Chinese village's struggle against Japanese occupation, built on the weight of collective loss and the quiet courage required to resist. It's a story of ordinary people forced into extraordinary circumstances, told with the scale and emotional gravity of a classic literary adaptation.
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Heads up
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
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