Yellow Earth (1984)

7.2/10 91 min Drama Music History

Overview

A communist soldier is sent to a remote region of China in order to collect folk songs. Staying with a peasant family (a widower with two small children), he discovers a community whose way of life is completely alien to him, but he gradually wins their trust.

Cast

Xue Bai

Cuiqiao

Wang Xueqi

Gu Qing

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