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Dragon Seed

The lives of a small Chinese village are turned upside down when the Japanese invade it. And a heroic young Chinese woman leads her fellow villagers in an uprising against Japanese Invaders.

Director

Harold S. Bucquet, Jack Conway

Year

Genre

drama, history, war

Box Office

N/A

Production

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Awards

Nominated for 2 Oscars. 2 nominations total

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Jade Tan

Katharine Hepburn

Ling Tan

Ling Tan's Wife

Wu Lien

Lao Er Tan - Middle Son

Lao San Tan - Youngest Son

Japanese Kitchen Overseer

J. Carrol Naish

Third Cousin's Wife

Agnes Moorehead

Third Cousin

Lao Ta Tan - Eldest Son

Capt. Sato

Orchid Tan - Lao Ta's Wife

Frances Rafferty

Wu Lien's Wife

Jacqueline deWit

Fourth Cousin

Shen - Neighbor

Wu Sao

Leader of City People

Japanese Soldier

Narrator

Lionel Barrymore

Capt. Yasuda

Japanese Guard

City Man

Farmer

Wu Lien's First Child

Japanese Guard

Student

Hysterical Woman

Japanese Soldier

Japanese Soldier

Student

Sudent

Clerk

Innkeeper

Student

Farmer

Speaker with Movies

Japanese Soldier

Maj. Yohagi

Japanese Officer

Jade's Child

Japanese Guard

Japanese Officer

Pete G. Katchenaro

Japanese Officer

Farmer

City Man

Wu Lien's Second Child

Young Farmer

City Man

Farmer

Japanese Official

Japanese Diplomat

Old Peddler Selling Poison

Japanese Soldier

Wu Lien's Old Clerk

Japanese Guard

Villager

Orchid's First Child

Hayward Soo Hoo

Japanese Official

Farmer

Chinese Woman

Student

Wu Lien's Third Child

Japanese Guard

Philip Van Zandt

Japanese Soldier

Japanese Soldier

Farmer

Orchid's Second Child

Japanese Officer

Jade's Child

Student

Orchid's Second Child

Water Buffalo

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Ling Tan Lao Er Tan - Middle Son Jade Tan Wu Lien Japanese Official

The grass is good in the hills
and the ox grows fat. - Dragon Seed

The grass is good in the hills and the ox grows fat.

Is our brother dreaming? - Dragon Seed

Is our brother dreaming?

Do you not know that with a woman eagerness passes for weakness - Dragon Seed

Do you not know that with a woman eagerness passes for...

Am I speaking into the wind? - Dragon Seed

Am I speaking into the wind?

I do not have the words - Dragon Seed

I do not have the words

Old man, there is something here and now
that troubles me. - Dragon Seed

Old man, there is something here and now that troubles me.

This is the first time
I found you waiting for me. - Dragon Seed

This is the first time I found you waiting for me.

- Ten thousand greetings, Mr. Chow.
- Thank you. - Dragon Seed

- Ten thousand greetings, Mr. Chow. - Thank you.

I read often in the winter to warm my blood - Dragon Seed

I read often in the winter to warm my blood

- Leave nothing.
- Stop. You are vandals. Stop. - Dragon Seed

- Leave nothing. - Stop. You are vandals. Stop.

There is word here... - Dragon Seed

There is word here...

Hurry. It is my husband. - Dragon Seed

Hurry. It is my husband.

Our village has become an island
in a river of fleeing people. - Dragon Seed

Our village has become an island in a river of fleeing peopl...

There are so many who flee
these past weeks. - Dragon Seed

There are so many who flee these past weeks.

Cousin, what comes now? - Dragon Seed

Cousin, what comes now?

These are the people we will join,
my father. - Dragon Seed

These are the people we will join, my father.

Now that we are to go,
I wonder if it's too far. - Dragon Seed

Now that we are to go, I wonder if it's too far.

The tree grows only as high as the root is strong - Dragon Seed

The tree grows only as high as the root is strong

The guns of the enemy came ever closer. - Dragon Seed

The guns of the enemy came ever closer.

But they are machines. - Dragon Seed

But they are machines.

- Speak, here is the enemy.
- Do not use that word. - Dragon Seed

- Speak, here is the enemy. - Do not use that word.

And where are your women - Dragon Seed

And where are your women

Get to your homes. - Dragon Seed

Get to your homes.

You must scatter over the lands.
Each man look after his own. - Dragon Seed

You must scatter over the lands. Each man look after his own...

Here. My son. - Dragon Seed

Take what you want and destroy the rest. - Dragon Seed

Take what you want and destroy the rest.

You will stay here, my eldest son,
like a man and by yourself. - Dragon Seed

You will stay here, my eldest son, like a man and by yoursel...

My husband. - Dragon Seed

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The lives of a small Chinese village are turned upside down when the Japanese invade it. And a heroic young Chinese woman leads her fellow villagers in an uprising against Japanese Invaders.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Harold S. Bucquet, Jack Conway

Writer: Pearl S. Buck, Marguerite Roberts, Jane Murfin

Production: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Genre: drama, history, war

Year: 1944

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 6.1

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 01 Aug 1944

Awards: Nominated for 2 Oscars. 2 nominations total

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