Poster for Raise the Red Lantern

Raise the Red Lantern

1991, drama

125 minutes

China in the 1920s. After her father's death, 19 year old Songlian is forced to marry the much older lord of a powerful family. With three wives already, each living in a separate house within the great castle, there is fierce competition for his...

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Cast

Gong Li

Gong Li

Song Lian

Jingwu Ma

Chen Zuo Qian

He Saifei

He Saifei

Mei Shan

Cao Cui-Fen

Zhuo Yun

Kong Lin

Yan'er

Jin Shu-Yuan

Yu Ru

Chu Xiao

Fei Pu

Ding Wei-Min

Ding Wei-Min

Mother Song

Cao Zeng-Yin

Old Servant

Cui Zhigang

Dr. Gao

Espérance Pham Thai Lan

Concubine (uncredited)

Crew

Art

Juiping Cao

Art direction

Camera

Costume and make-up

Tong Hua-Miao

Costume design,

Directing

Zhang Yimou

Zhang Yimou

Director

Editing

Yuan Du

Editor

Production

Wenze Zhang

Executive producer

Hou Hsiao-hsien

Hou Hsiao-hsien

Executive producer

Fu-Sheng Chiu

Producer

Sound

Jiping Zhao

Original music composer

Naoki Tachikawa

Original music composer

Lanhua Li

Sound designer

Writing

Ni Zhen

Writer

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