Quite moving, strong drama featuring Kate Hepburn.
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04/20/08
Dragon Seed (1944)
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Reviews Counted: 3
Fresh: 2
Rotten:1
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Runtime: 2 hrs 29 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: A heroic young Chinese woman leads her fellow villagers in an uprising against Japanese invaders. The use of caucasian actors and actresses in oriental roles significantly detracts from the film's realism. Based on Pearl S. Buck's novel... [More]
Starring: Katharine Hepburn, Walter Huston, Turhan Bey, Agnes Moorehead
Director: Harold S. Bucquet, Jack Conway
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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.
05/06/07
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08/08/06
Top Critic That Caucasian actors are cast in the primary Oriental roles greatly detracts from the film's authenticity.
07/27/06
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