Dragon Seed (1944)
Release Date: Jan 1, 1944 Wide
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This lavish, 145-minute cinemadaptation of the Pearl Buck best-seller Dragon Seed was intended by MGM as a followup to the studio's successful film version of Buck's The Good Earth. In true Hollywood fashion, the Chinese protagonists are all played by Caucasian actors, with fascinating if not always convincing results. When a peaceful Chinese village is invaded by the Japanese prior to WW2, the men elect to adopt a peaceful, don't-rock-the-boat attitude towards their conquerors-and it is
Jan 1, 1944 Wide
May 29, 2007
Cast
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Katharine Hepburn
Jade -
Walter Huston
Ling Tan -
Aline MacMahon
Mrs. Ling Tan -
Akim Tamiroff
Wu Lien -
Turhan Bey
Lao Er -
J. Carrol Naish
Japanese Kitchen Overse... -
Agnes Moorehead
Third Cousin's Wife -
Hurd Hatfield
Lao San -
Henry Travers
Third Cousin -
Robert Bice
Lao Ta -
Robert Lewis
Capt. Sato -
Frances Rafferty
Orchid -
Jacqueline de Wit
Mrs. Wu Lien -
Clarence Lung
Fourth Cousin -
Paul E. Burns
Neighbor Shen -
Anna Demetrio
Wu Sao -
Philip Ahn
Leader of City People -
Lionel Barrymore
Narrator -
Claire Du Brey
Hysterical Woman -
Benson Fong
Student -
Lee Tung Foo
Innkeeper -
Roland Got
Speaker with Movies -
Alex Havier
Japanese Soldier -
Ted Hecht
Maj. Yohagi -
Al Hill
Japanese Officer -
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Charles Lung
Japanese Diplomat -
Leonard Mudie
Old Peddler -
Jay Novello
Japanese Soldier -
Frank Puglia
Old Clerk -
Leonard Strong
Japanese Official -
Philip Van Zandt
Japanese Guard -
Abner Biberman
Capt. Yasuda -
Robbie Lee
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All Critics (5) | Top Critics (2) | Fresh (2) | Rotten (1)
Quite moving, strong drama featuring Kate Hepburn.
One of MGM's worst melodramas of the 40s and a low point in the career of Hepburn, here miscast as a young and alert Chinese woman. Propaganda picture was made to please the government (and its Chinese allies) but by today's standards it's racist.
That Caucasian actors are cast in the primary Oriental roles greatly detracts from the film's authenticity.
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