Ling Tang and his family live on his prosperous farm in rural Southern China and have not yet felt the impact of the Japanese invasion in the North. Tang's two oldest sons, Lao Ta Tan and Lao Er Tan are married and hard working while youngest son Lao San Tan remains a free spirit. Er's wife Jade is also willfully unconventional and desires to exercises her literacy skills by reading books, a most unfeminine practice in 1930's China. Tang's only daughter is married to Wu Lien,... (Full plot summary below)
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Ling Tang and his family live on his prosperous farm in rural Southern China and have not yet felt the impact of the Japanese invasion in the North. Tang's two oldest sons, Lao Ta Tan and Lao Er Tan are married and hard working while youngest son Lao San Tan remains a free spirit. Er's wife Jade is also willfully unconventional and desires to exercises her literacy skills by reading books, a most unfeminine practice in 1930's China. Tang's only daughter is married to Wu Lien, a city merchant who profits from selling Japanese goods. When the dreaded invasion reaches their village, the family is scattered as the sons join the resistance while Wu Lien survives by collaborating with the enemy.
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| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzThat Caucasian actors are cast in the primary Oriental roles greatly detracts from the film's authenticity. |
| Video-Reviewmaster.comSteve CrumQuite moving, strong drama featuring Kate Hepburn. |
| User ReviewAshley HDragon Seed is an excellent film. It is about the lives of a small Chinese village which are turned upside down when the Japanese invade it. Katherine Hepburn and Walter Huston give incredible performances. The screenplay is well written. Harold S. Bucquet did a great job directing this movie. I enjoyed watching this movie because of the drama. Dragon Seed is a must see. |
| User ReviewKeenan SDragon Seed is an excellent film. It is about the lives of a small Chinese village which are turned upside down when the Japanese invade it. Katherine Hepburn and Walter Huston give incredible performances. The screenplay is well written. Harold S. Bucquet did a great job directing this movie. I enjoyed watching this movie because of the drama. Dragon Seed is a must see. |
| User ReviewKevin WIn the beginning stages of watching this movie I could not get my myself attached to the movie. The lack of Asian actors in any of the main or substantial roles was an immediate turnoff. As the further along I watched I was starting to understand probably around that time the English language was still difficult for many of the Chinese to command, not just the fact that Hollywood of course was still operating under a bias and racist platform in the purest of form. I started to engaged in the story of a family whose love and loyalty toward not just each other but to the entire Chinese culture are being tested during the Japanese attacks pre WW2. Look past the odd makeup and get ups and one can see the acting by Hepburn and Huston along with others was adequate. This film does not have a standard to say for Hepburn to excel in this role. It does not call for her to shine because the story does not fit with her best qualities as an actress. |
| User ReviewEric JA lavishly made war epic. Rather unusually cast with white actors playing many of the roles of the Chinese peasants. A product of the time it was made, showing the Japanese in a very unfavorable light. Nevertheless, I enjoyed it |
| User ReviewPrivate UTerrible, yet a treasure. Katharine Hepburn plays a CHINESE woman with her eyes pulled back and a weird look on her face. She doesn't blink the entire film. I believe all but one of the major cast members are actually asian, yet they are all asians in the story. You just have to see it to believe it. |
| User ReviewJames H5.5/10. It was such an effort to use so many caucasian actors in asian roles, it really hurts the film when using asian actors would have been so much easier. This is one of Katherine Hepburns worst performances, she's not bad, but isn't good either. Aline MacMahon comes off best. |
| User ReviewBrandon Snot katharines best film...but she still pulled out a good performance. the transformation they did on her face...was crazy! |
| User ReviewGreg WThe script was rather ridiculous and Hepburn unconvincing. |
