Raise the Red Lantern

Summary: A young woman becomes the fourth wife of a wealthy lord, and must learn to live with the strict rules and tensions within the household.

Release Date: December 18, 1991

Genres: Drama, Romance

Director: Yimou Zhang

Writers: Tong Su

, Ni Zhen

Runtime: 2 h 05 min

MPAA: PG

Production: ERA International, China Film Co-Production Corporation

Distributor: Orion Classics, MGM Home Entertainment, Films sans Frontières, MGM World Films

Countries: Hong Kong, China

Language: Chinese

Domestic: $ 2,603,061

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19 year old 19 year old girl 1920s accident adultery ancestor anger artery aunt nephew relationship aunt niece relationship back massage back rub based on novel bed birthday blood blood stain body massage brunette buddha cat character's point of view camera shot china chinese chinese opera chopsticks the eating utensil cigarette cigarette smoking city clothing code of behavior color in title concubine courtyard crying curse custom cutting ear cycle death death of father deception destiny doctor dog doll drink drinking drunkenness eating extramarital affair f rated faking illness family relationships father daughter relationship father son relationship feet female bare feet female bonding female protagonist fengcheng china feudalism fire firecracker flirting flute flutist food foot massage footsie under the table four wives friend friendship game playing hair haircut hanging hangover hotel housekeeper husband wife relationship hypocrisy illness imperative in title infidelity injection insanity intrigue jealousy lantern liar lice lie liqueur locked door loneliness love loyalty mahjong maid marriage massage master servant relationship medicine menstrual blood menstruation mercy mistress money mother daughter relationship mother son relationship multiple wives murder needles stuck into doll nobleman opening a door opera singer passion phonograph record physician pigtails poem poetry polygamy power struggle pregnancy prescription prologue punishment rain ransacking rat recitation record player recording red lantern revenge rice soup rivalry romantic rivalry rooftop scandal scapegoat scissors scorpion screaming search secret secret lover secret room sedan chair sense of smell servant silk singer singing snow snowing spitting spouse stealing stepmother stepdaughter relationship stepmother stepson relationship stretcher suitcase superstition suspicion tea tea leaves teacher tears teenage girl teenage girl as protagonist teenage protagonist theft thief timeframe 1920s tofu tradition tragedy twenty something umbrella unfaithfulness unrequited love viciousness visit voodoo voodoo doll washing clothes washing feet washing hair wealth wedding wedding night wind writing yunnan china

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