Ju Dou

Ju Dou
Ju Dou
Directed by	Zhang Yimou; Yang Fengliang;
Based on	Fuxi Fuxi; by Liu Heng
Produced by	Zhang Wenze; Yasuyoshi Tokuma; Hu Jian;
Starring	Gong Li; Li Baotian; Li Wei; Zhang Yi;
Edited by	Du Yuan
Music by	Zhao Jiping
Production; companies	China Film Co-Production Corporation; China Film Export and Import Corp.; Tokuma Shoten; Tokuma Communications;
Distributed by	Daiei (Japan)
Running time	95 minutes
Countries	China; Japan;

Ju Dou (Chinese: 菊豆; pinyin: Jú Dòu) is a 1990 film directed by Zhang Yimou and Yang Fengliang, starring Gong Li as the title character. The film, based on the novel Fuxi, Fuxi (伏羲伏羲) by Liu Heng, is a tragedy that revolves around Ju Dou, a beautiful young woman sold as a wife to Jinshan, an elderly cloth dyer. The film was produced using the vivid Technicolor process, long after it had been abandoned in the United States. It became the first Chinese film to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

Upon its release, Ju Dou faced a ban in China, which was eventually lifted in July 1992.

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