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Ju Dou

An Erotic Tale of Forbidden Passion.

1990 · 1h 35m · PG-13 Drama
Directed by Yang Fengliang , Zhang Yimou

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Tianqing falls in love with Ju Dou, his uncle's wife who is tortured for being childless. However, after they have an affair, they discover that his uncle is impotent and try to conceal the truth.

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As sumptuously cinematic as it is woefully fatalistic.

Rita Kempley, Washington Post
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The film appealed to me for two reasons. First, because of its unabashed, lurid melodrama, in which the days are filled with scheming and the nights with passion and violence. Second, because of its visual beauty.

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

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