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The story of Qiu Ju = 秋菊打官司

Title
  • The story of Qiu Ju = 秋菊打官司 / Sony Pictures Classics ; a Sil-Metropole Organisation Ltd. & Beijing Film Academy, the Youth Film Studio production ; China Film Co-production Corporation co-production ; executive producer, Ma Fung Kwok ; original script, Chen Yuan Bin ; screenplay, Liu Heng ; directed by Zhang Yimou.
  • The story of Qiu Ju = Qiuju da guan si / Sony Pictures Classics ; a Sil-Metropole Organisation Ltd. & Beijing Film Academy, the Youth Film Studio production ; China Film Co-production Corporation co-production ; executive producer, Ma Fung Kwok ; original script, Chen Yuan Bin ; screenplay, Liu Heng ; directed by Zhang Yimou.
Publication
Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, 2006.

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Additional Authors
  • 張藝謀.
  • Zhang, Yimou.
  • 劉恆, 1954-
  • Liu, Heng, 1954-
  • 鞏俐, 1965-
  • Gong, Li, 1965-
  • 雷恪生, 1936-
  • Lei, Kesheng, 1936-
  • 戈治均.
  • Ge, Zhijun.
  • 刘佩奇, 1958-
  • Liu, Peiqi, 1958-
  • 楊柳霞.
  • Yang, Liuxia.
  • 陳源斌, 1955-
  • Chen, Yuanbin, 1955-
  • 銀都機構有限公司 (Hong Kong, China)
  • Yin du ji gou you xian gong si (Hong Kong, China)
  • 北京電影學院.
  • Beijing dian ying xue yuan.
  • Hãng phim Thanh Niên.
  • 中國電影合作製片公司.
  • Zhongguo dian ying he zuo zhi pian gong si.
  • Sony Pictures Classics (Firm)
  • Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm)
Description
1 videodisc (100 min.) : sound, color; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
In a small Chinese village a farmer (Qing Lai) and his chief quarrel over land. When Qing Lai is injured by the chief, who kicks him in the groin, Qing's wife Qiu Ju begins a quixotic odyssey that takes her from her small village to the provincial capital. She is relentless in her one-woman crusade to wreak a simple justice from the proud Chief ... she wants him to apologize.
Alternative Title
  • 秋菊打官司
  • Qiuju da guan si
Subject
  • Chinese Language Films
  • Feature films > China
  • Humiliation > China > Drama
  • Civil procedure > China > Drama
  • Civil procedure
  • Feature films
  • Humiliation
  • China
Genre/Form
  • Foreign films
  • Comedy films
  • Drama
  • Feature films
  • Fiction films
  • Film adaptations
  • Feature films.
  • Comedy films.
  • Fiction films.
  • Film adaptations.
  • Comedy – Feature.
  • Women – Feature.
  • Family – Feature.
  • Features.
  • Films comiques.
  • Films de fiction.
  • Adaptations cinématographiques.
Note
  • Based on the novel: The Wan family's lawsuit / by Chen Yuan Bin.
  • "Sony Pictures Classics" -- Container.
  • Originally released as a motion picture in 1992.
Credits (note)
  • Cameramen, Chi Xiao Ning, Yu Xiao Qun, Lu Hong Yi ; editor, Du Yuan ; music, Zhao Ji Ping.
Performer (note)
  • 鞏俐, 雷恪生, 戈治均, 劉佩琦, 楊柳霞.
  • Gong Li, Lei Kesheng, Ge Zhijun, Liu Peiqi, Yang Liuxia.
Audience (note)
  • MPAA rating: PG; for some language.
System Details (note)
  • DVD; region 1; Dolby digital.
Language (note)
  • In Mandarin Chinese, with optional English subtitles.
ISBN
  • 1424806178
  • 9781424806171
LCCN
043396141124
OCLC
  • ocm64685901
  • 64685901
  • SCSB-9463799
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library