Quite moving, strong drama featuring Kate Hepburn.
Dragon Seed (1944)
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Reviews Counted: 3
Fresh: 2
Rotten:1
Average Rating: N/A
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... 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 of 1942. Academy Award Nominations: 2, Best Supporting Actress--Aline MacMahon, Best (Black-and-White) Cinematography. [More]
Starring: Katharine Hepburn, Walter Huston, Turhan Bey, Agnes Moorehead
Starring: Katharine Hepburn, Walter Huston, Turhan Bey, Agnes Moorehead, Aline MacMahon, Akim Tamiroff, Hurd Hatfield, Frances Rafferty, Henry Travers, Robert Lewis, J. Carrol Naish
Director: Harold S. Bucquet, Jack Conway
Director: Harold S. Bucquet, Jack Conway
Producer: Pandro S. Berman
Screenwriter: Marguerite Roberts, Jane Murfin
Composer: Herbert Stothart
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Reviews for Dragon Seed
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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