Dragon Seed

Dragon Seed (1944)

M-G-M's immortal production of the great novel

Life in a small Chinese village is turned upside down when the Japanese invade it. A heroic young Chinese woman leads her fellow villagers in an uprising against the Japanese invaders.

Date of release
1944-07-20
TMDB
6.8 / 10 (19)
Runtime
2h 28m
Genres
Drama
Director
Harold S. Bucquet, Jack Conway

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Awards: 0 · Nominations: 2

Dragon Seed is a 1944 American war drama film, about Japan's WWII-era actions in China. The movie directed by Jack Conway and Harold S. Bucquet, based on the 1942 novel of the same name by Pearl S. Buck. The film stars Katharine Hepburn, Walter Huston, Aline MacMahon, Akim Tamiroff, and Turhan Bey. It portrays a peaceful village in China that has been invaded by the Imperial Japanese Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War. The men in the village choose to adopt a peaceful attitude toward their conquerors, but the headstrong Jade (Hepburn) stands up to the Japanese.

Production

Reportedly Judy Garland wanted the role of Jade.

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