{"id":36997,"date":"2025-08-22T11:36:54","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T15:36:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/?p=36997"},"modified":"2025-08-28T15:24:59","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T19:24:59","slug":"ju-dou-director-yimous-meticulously-restored-oscar-nominee-arrives-in-theaters-october-3-2050-from-film-movement-classicssaid-to-be-one-of-the-greatest-chinese-films-every-made","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/index.php\/ju-dou-director-yimous-meticulously-restored-oscar-nominee-arrives-in-theaters-october-3-2050-from-film-movement-classicssaid-to-be-one-of-the-greatest-chinese-films-every-made\/","title":{"rendered":"JU DOU<\/strong><\/span> \u2013 Director Yimou’s Meticulously Restored Oscar-Nominee Arrives in Theaters October 3, 2050 from Film Movement Classics
Said to Be One of the Greatest Chinese Films Every Made<\/span><\/strong><\/small>
August 28 Update: JU DOU Part 2 in the Works<\/small>"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nThe film that put director Zhang Yimou and star Gong Li on the international cinema map follows beautiful young Ju Dou as she is married off to an egregiously cruel, and also impotent, owner of a dye mill in the Chinese countryside in the early 20th century. When the boss\u2019 nephew arrives on the scene they fall for each other with lustful abandon.<\/p>\n

Their impassioned affair soon leads to a son. After the clandestine couple convinces the despotic husband that he is the father, the boy is raised as his long-awaited heir. However the myriad complications of infidelity lead to a visceral and psychological melee between the lovers and their ruler with explosively dramatic turns. With its stunning mise en sc\u00e8ne and sumptuous use of color, JU DOU was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the Academy Awards\u00ae and has earned a reputation as one of the greatest Chinese films ever made.
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Restoration effected at Hiventy Laboratory (Paris) by IMPEX Films with the support of ARTE, France.<\/p>\n

Select Film Festival\/Awards<\/h3>\n

\u2022 Cannes Film Festival (1990) | Nominated, Palme d\u2019Or
\n\u2022 Valladolid Int\u2019l Film Festival (1990) | Winner, Best Film & Audience Award
\n\u2022 Chicago Int\u2019l Film Festival (1990) | Winner, Best Feature
\n\u2022 Amanda Awards (Norway, 1991) | Winner, Best Foreign Feature Film
\n\u2022 Academy Awards (1991) | Nominated, Best Foreign Language Film
\n\u2022 Academy Award of Beijing Film Academy (1993) | Winner, Best Cinematography & Best Sound<\/p>\n

Director Zhang Yimou Bio:<\/h3>\n

One of the most important and influential filmmakers in China, and a core member of China\u2019s \u201cFifth Generation\u201d directors, Zhang Yimou started his career as a cinematographer and later became a director in 1987.<\/p>\n

Zhang Yimou was the first Chinese filmmaker to receive Motion Picture Academy recognition, having been nominated for the Best Foreign Film Academy Award for Ju Dou in 1990, Raise the Red Lantern in 1992 and Hero in 2003.<\/p>\n

He has earned numerous top honors, including the Silver Lion at the 44th Venice International Film Festival for Raise the Red Lantern (1991), the Golden Lion at the 45th Venice International Film Festival for The Story of Qiu Ju (1992), the Grand Jury Prize at the 47th Cannes International Film Festival for To Live (1994), the Golden Lion at the 52nd Venice International Film Festival for Not One Less (1999), the Silver Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival for The Road Home (1999) and the Alfred Bauer Prize for Hero (2003).<\/p>\n

Zhang Yimou\u2019s box office hit House of Flying Daggers was the recipient of multiple international awards as well as BAFTA and Golden Globe nominations for Best Foreign Film.<\/p>\n

Recent years have seen Zhang Yimou mastering new realms of creativity, directing Placido Domingo in the world premiere of composer Tan Dun\u2019s original opera The First Emperor at New York\u2019s Metropolitan Opera in December 2006, and acting as chief director of the spectacular opening and closing ceremonies of the 29th Olympic Games in Beijing, 2008.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The film that put director Zhang Yimou and star Gong Li on the international cinema map follows beautiful young Ju Dou as she is married off to an egregiously cruel, and also impotent, owner of a dye mill in the…<\/p>\n

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